 Continuous array in better-quasi-order theory

A continuous array takes infinite subsets of an infinite $A\subseteq \omega$, in the ordinary topology on infinite subsets, to a discrete preorder $Q$. It is bad if $F(X)\nleqq F(X\setminus \{\min X\})$ for every infinite $X$. A barrier in better-quasi-order theory array induces such a continuous array by evaluating its unique barrier initial segment. The continuous-array and barrier formulations of better-quasi-ordering are equivalent, using refinement of fronts to barriers in the reverse direction.