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A discrete space satisfies every axiom in the chain; an indiscrete space with two points is regular, completely regular, normal, completely normal and perfectly normal, and fails T0T_0

Example

Let XX be a set with the discrete topology Tdisc=P(X)\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{disc}} = \mathcal{P}(X), and let Y={a,b}Y = \{a,b\} with aba \ne b carry the indiscrete topology Tind={,Y}\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{ind}} = \{\varnothing, Y\} (The discrete, indiscrete, cofinite, cocountable, particular-point and Sierpinski topologies). Then:

  1. (X,Tdisc)(X, \mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{disc}}) satisfies every axiom named on the main page: it is T1T_1, Hausdorff, Urysohn, regular, completely regular, normal, completely normal and perfectly normal, hence T0T_0, T1T_1, T2T_2, T212T_{2\frac12}, T3T_3, T312T_{3\frac12}, T4T_4, T5T_5 and T6T_6.
  2. (Y,Tind)(Y, \mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{ind}}) is regular, completely regular, normal, completely normal and perfectly normal, and it is not T0T_0, hence not T1T_1, not Hausdorff and not Urysohn; and it is not metrizable (Metrizable space: a topological space whose topology is induced by some metric; metrizability is topological, the metric is not).

Clause 2 is the sharpest form of the observation that the unnumbered adjectives carry no information about points: a space may satisfy all five of them and still fail to distinguish any pair of its points. That is exactly what the numerals T3T_3 to T6T_6 are for.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A set XX with Tdisc=P(X)\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{disc}} = \mathcal{P}(X); the set Y={a,b}Y = \{a,b\} with aba \ne b and Tind={,Y}\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{ind}} = \{\varnothing, Y\}; subsets A,BA, B of the space under discussion; and R\mathbb{R} with its usual topology.

[L2]

AA and BB are separated when AB=AB=\overline{A} \cap B = A \cap \overline{B} = \varnothing; separated sets are disjoint (Separated sets: AB=AB=\overline{A} \cap B = A \cap \overline{B} = \varnothing).

[L4]

A set is a GδG_\delta when it is an intersection of a sequence of open sets; every open set is a GδG_\delta, by the constant sequence (GδG_\delta and FσF_\sigma subsets of a topological space, agreeing with the real-line notion).

[L6]

A metrizable space is Hausdorff, so a space that is not Hausdorff is not metrizable (Metrizable space: a topological space whose topology is induced by some metric; metrizability is topological, the metric is not).

Verification

technique · direct
1.1

In (X,Tdisc)(X,\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{disc}}) every singleton is closed by [A1], so the space is T1T_1 by [L7], hence T0T_0.

A1L7
1.2

In (X,Tdisc)(X,\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{disc}}) distinct points xyx \ne y have the disjoint open neighbourhoods {x}\{x\} and {y}\{y\}, whose closures are themselves by [A1] and [L3]; so the space is Hausdorff and Urysohn.

A1L1L3
1.3

In (X,Tdisc)(X,\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{disc}}) let AA and BB be separated, hence disjoint by [L2]; then AA and BB are themselves disjoint open sets containing them, so the space is completely normal, and in particular normal, every pair of disjoint closed sets being separated by [L2] and [L3].

A1L1L2L3
1.4

In (X,Tdisc)(X,\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{disc}}) let CC be closed and x0Cx_0 \notin C; the function ff with f(x0)=1f(x_0) = 1 and f(x)=0f(x) = 0 for xx0x \ne x_0 takes values in [0,1][0,1] and is continuous by [L5], and it satisfies f(x0)=1f(x_0) = 1 and f(y)=0f(y) = 0 for every yCy \in C, since x0Cx_0 \notin C, so the space is completely regular; taking U:={x0}U := \{x_0\} and V:=CV := C shows it is regular.

A1L1L5
1.5

In (Y,Tind)(Y,\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{ind}}) the only open set containing aa is YY, which also contains bb, and likewise with aa and bb exchanged; so no open set contains exactly one of them and the space is not T0T_0, hence not T1T_1, not Hausdorff and not Urysohn, and not metrizable by [L6].

A2L1L6
1.6

In (Y,Tind)(Y,\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{ind}}) the closed sets are \varnothing and YY by [A2], so =\overline{\varnothing} = \varnothing and A=Y\overline{A} = Y for every nonempty AA, the smallest closed superset of a nonempty set being YY.

A2L3
1.7

In (Y,Tind)(Y,\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{ind}}) let CC be closed with y0Cy_0 \notin C; then CYC \ne Y, so C=C = \varnothing by [A2], and the constant function 11 is continuous by [L5] with f(y0)=1f(y_0) = 1 and f[C]={0}f[C] = \varnothing \subseteq \{0\} vacuously, so the space is completely regular; and U:=YU := Y, V:=V := \varnothing are disjoint open sets separating y0y_0 from CC, so it is regular.

A2L1L5
2.1

In (X,Tdisc)(X,\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{disc}}) every closed set is open by [A1], hence a GδG_\delta by [L4]; with step 1.3 the space is perfectly normal.

step 1.3A1L4
2.2

In (Y,Tind)(Y,\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{ind}}) a separated pair A,BA, B has an empty member: if both were nonempty then AB=YB=B\overline{A} \cap B = Y \cap B = B \ne \varnothing by step 1.6, contradicting [L2].

step 1.6L2
3.1

By steps 1.1 to 1.5 the discrete space satisfies every axiom listed in claim 1, and the numbered forms follow, each numeral being its adjective together with T1T_1, which holds by step 1.1.

step 1.1step 1.2step 1.3step 2.1step 1.4
3.2

In (Y,Tind)(Y,\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{ind}}), given a separated pair with, say, A=A = \varnothing, the open sets U:=U := \varnothing and V:=YV := Y separate them, and symmetrically when B=B = \varnothing; so the space is completely normal, and normal, disjoint closed sets being separated by [L2] and step 1.6.

step 1.6step 2.2A2L1L2
4.1

In (Y,Tind)(Y,\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{ind}}) both closed sets \varnothing and YY are open by [A2], hence GδG_\delta by [L4]; with step 3.2 the space is perfectly normal.

step 3.2A2L4
5.1

Steps 3.2, 4.1, 1.7 and 1.5 are claim 2, and step 3.1 is claim 1.

step 3.1step 1.5step 3.2step 4.1step 1.7

Remarks

  • The two extremes bracket the whole page. Every topology on a set lies between the indiscrete and the discrete one in the comparison order (The discrete, indiscrete, cofinite, cocountable, particular-point and Sierpinski topologies), and the two ends of that order sit at opposite ends of the separation hierarchy: the discrete topology satisfies everything, the indiscrete topology on two points satisfies every unnumbered adjective and no numbered axiom at all.

  • The indiscrete space is the reason the numerals exist. It refutes at a stroke any reading of "normal", "completely normal", "perfectly normal", "regular" or "completely regular" as implying a separation of points; the main page records the normal case as a false statement, and the argument here shows the same for the other four adjectives.

  • The discrete space is metrizable and the indiscrete one is not. Metrizable space: a topological space whose topology is induced by some metric; metrizability is topological, the metric is not records the second, the failure of the Hausdorff condition being an obstruction to metrizability; the first is not needed here, since every axiom was verified directly rather than quoted from the metric theorems of the main page.

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