We investigate powerspace constructions on topological spaces, with a particular focus on the category of quasi-Polish spaces. We show that the upper and lower powerspaces commute on all quasi-Polish spaces, and show more generally that this commutativity is equivalent to the topological property of consonance. We then investigate powerspace constructions on the open set lattices of quasi-Polish spaces, and provide a complete characterization of how the upper and lower powerspaces distribute over the open set lattice construction.

@article{paperbot771,
  title = {On the commutativity of the powerspace constructions},
  author = {Matthew de Brecht and Tatsuji Kawai},
  journal = {Logical Methods in Computer Science},
  volume = {Volume 15, Issue 3},
  year = {2019},
  doi = {10.23638/lmcs-15(3:13)2019}
}