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The particular-point topology is T0T_0, it is not T1T_1 and not regular once the set has at least two points, and it is not normal once the set has at least three

Example

Let XX be a set, fix pXp \in X, and give XX the particular-point topology Tp={}{UX:pU}\mathcal{T}_p = \{\varnothing\} \cup \{\, U \subseteq X : p \in U \,\} (The discrete, indiscrete, cofinite, cocountable, particular-point and Sierpinski topologies), whose closed sets are XX together with the subsets of XX that do not contain pp. Then:

  1. (X,Tp)(X, \mathcal{T}_p) is T0T_0 (T0T_0 (Kolmogorov) and T1T_1 (Frechet) spaces), for every XX and every pp.
  2. If XX has at least two points then (X,Tp)(X,\mathcal{T}_p) is not T1T_1, and hence not Hausdorff (Hausdorff space: distinct points have disjoint open neighbourhoods; every metrizable space is Hausdorff and the indiscrete topology on two points is not).
  3. If XX has at least two points then (X,Tp)(X,\mathcal{T}_p) is not regular (Regular spaces and T3T_3 spaces, with the source disagreement over whether regularity includes T1T_1 stated explicitly).
  4. If XX has at least three points then (X,Tp)(X,\mathcal{T}_p) is not normal (Normal spaces and T4T_4 spaces, with the source disagreement over whether normality includes T1T_1 stated explicitly).

Clause 4 needs one point more than clause 3, and the extra point is not slack: on a two-point set the particular-point topology is Sierpinski space, which is normal (Sierpinski space is T0T_0 and normal but neither T1T_1 nor regular: normality without T1T_1 implies nothing). So this family separates the two failures, and it shows that "not regular" and "not normal" begin at different sizes.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A set XX, a point pXp \in X, the topology Tp\mathcal{T}_p above, and points x,yXx, y \in X.

[A1]

UTpU \in \mathcal{T}_p exactly when U=U = \varnothing or pUp \in U; the closed sets are XX and the subsets not containing pp (The discrete, indiscrete, cofinite, cocountable, particular-point and Sierpinski topologies, Topology on a set, open and closed sets, clopen sets, the closed-set axiomatisation, and the coarser/finer comparison).

Verification

technique · direct
1.1

Every nonempty open set contains pp, by [A1].

A1
1.2

Let xyx \ne y in XX. If x=px = p then {p}\{p\} is open by [A1], contains xx and not yy; if y=py = p the same argument applies with the roles exchanged; and if neither is pp then {x,p}\{x, p\} is open by [A1], contains xx and not yy. So (X,Tp)(X,\mathcal{T}_p) is T0T_0, which is claim 1.

A1L1
1.3

Suppose XX has at least two points, so that X{p}X \setminus \{p\} \ne \varnothing. Then {p}X\{p\} \ne X, and {p}\{p\} contains pp, so {p}\{p\} is not closed by [A1]; hence (X,Tp)(X,\mathcal{T}_p) is not T1T_1 by [L1], and not Hausdorff, which is claim 2.

A1L1assume-hyp
1.4

Suppose XX has at least three points and fix x,yXx, y \in X with xyx \ne y, xpx \ne p and ypy \ne p. Then {x}\{x\} and {y}\{y\} are disjoint nonempty closed sets by [A1].

A1assume-hyp
2.1

Under step 1.3 fix xXx \in X with xpx \ne p; then {x}\{x\} does not contain pp, so {x}\{x\} is closed by [A1], and p{x}p \notin \{x\}.

step 1.3A1
2.2

Under step 1.4: any open U{x}U \supseteq \{x\} and open V{y}V \supseteq \{y\} are nonempty, hence both contain pp by step 1.1, so UVU \cap V \ne \varnothing and (X,Tp)(X,\mathcal{T}_p) is not normal, which is claim 4.

step 1.1step 1.4L2
3.1

Under step 1.3: any open UU with pUp \in U and any open VV with {x}V\{x\} \subseteq V are both nonempty, so both contain pp by step 1.1 and UVU \cap V \ne \varnothing. Hence the point pp and the closed set {x}\{x\} cannot be separated and (X,Tp)(X,\mathcal{T}_p) is not regular, which is claim 3.

step 1.1step 2.1L2
4.1

Steps 1.2, 1.3, 3.1 and 2.2 are claims 1 to 4.

step 1.2step 1.3step 3.1step 2.2

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