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A ''neighbourhood of a set'' ''A'' in ''X'' is a set ''N'' such that ''A'' is contained in the interior of ''N''; that is, there is an open set ''U'' such that <math>A \subseteq U \subseteq N</math>. | A ''neighbourhood of a set'' ''A'' in ''X'' is a set ''N'' such that ''A'' is contained in the interior of ''N''; that is, there is an open set ''U'' such that <math>A \subseteq U \subseteq N</math>. | ||
Subsets ''U'' and ''V'' are ''separated'' in ''X'' if ''U'' is disjoint from the [[Closure (mathematics)|closure]] of ''V'' and ''V'' is disjoint from the closure of ''U''. | |||
==Properties== | ==Properties== | ||
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* '''T1''' if for any two points ''x'', ''y'' there are open sets ''U'' and ''V'' such that ''U'' contains ''x'' but not ''y'', and ''V'' contains ''y'' but not ''x'' | * '''T1''' if for any two points ''x'', ''y'' there are open sets ''U'' and ''V'' such that ''U'' contains ''x'' but not ''y'', and ''V'' contains ''y'' but not ''x'' | ||
* '''T2''' if any two distinct points have disjoint neighbourhoods | * '''T2''' if any two distinct points have disjoint neighbourhoods | ||
* '''T2½''' if distinct points have disjoint closed neighbourhoods | |||
* '''T3''' if a closed set ''A'' and a point ''x'' not in ''A'' have disjoint neighbourhoods | * '''T3''' if a closed set ''A'' and a point ''x'' not in ''A'' have disjoint neighbourhoods | ||
* '''T4''' if disjoint closed sets have disjoint neighbourhoods | * '''T4''' if disjoint closed sets have disjoint neighbourhoods | ||
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* '''Hausdorff''' is a synonym for T2 | * '''Hausdorff''' is a synonym for T2 | ||
* '''completely Hausdorff is a synonym for T2½ | |||
* '''normal''' if T0 and T3 | * '''normal''' if T0 and T3 | ||
* '''regular''' if T0 and T4 | * '''regular''' if T0 and T4 | ||
* '''completely normal''' if T1 and T5 | |||
* '''perfectly normal''' if normal and every closed set is a Gδ | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* {{Citation | last1=Steen | first1=Lynn Arthur | author1-link=Lynn Arthur Steen | last2=Seebach | first2=J. Arthur Jr. | author2-link=J. Arthur Seebach, Jr. | title=[[Counterexamples in Topology]] | year=1978 | publisher=[[Springer-Verlag]] | location=Berlin, New York | isbn=0-387-90312-7 }} | * {{Citation | last1=Steen | first1=Lynn Arthur | author1-link=Lynn Arthur Steen | last2=Seebach | first2=J. Arthur Jr. | author2-link=J. Arthur Seebach, Jr. | title=[[Counterexamples in Topology]] | year=1978 | publisher=[[Springer-Verlag]] | location=Berlin, New York | isbn=0-387-90312-7 }} | ||
Revision as of 06:58, 1 November 2008
In topology, separation axioms describe classes of topological space according to how well the open sets of the topology distinguish between distinct points.
Terminology
A neighbourhood of a point x in a topological space X is a set N such that x is in the interior of N; that is, there is an open set U such that . A neighbourhood of a set A in X is a set N such that A is contained in the interior of N; that is, there is an open set U such that .
Subsets U and V are separated in X if U is disjoint from the closure of V and V is disjoint from the closure of U.
Properties
A topological space X is
- T0 if for any two distinct points there is an open set which contains just one
- T1 if for any two points x, y there are open sets U and V such that U contains x but not y, and V contains y but not x
- T2 if any two distinct points have disjoint neighbourhoods
- T2½ if distinct points have disjoint closed neighbourhoods
- T3 if a closed set A and a point x not in A have disjoint neighbourhoods
- T4 if disjoint closed sets have disjoint neighbourhoods
- T5 if separated sets have disjoint neighbourhoods
- Hausdorff is a synonym for T2
- completely Hausdorff is a synonym for T2½
- normal if T0 and T3
- regular if T0 and T4
- completely normal if T1 and T5
- perfectly normal if normal and every closed set is a Gδ
References
- Steen, Lynn Arthur & J. Arthur Jr. Seebach (1978), Counterexamples in Topology, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 0-387-90312-7