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The square with opposite edges identified is homeomorphic to the product (R/Z)×(R/Z)(\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}) \times (\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z})

Example

Let T:=R/ZT := \mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z} with its quotient topology and open quotient map qq (R/Z\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}: the quotient map is open, and the quotient is homeomorphic to [0,1][0,1] with its endpoints identified, The quotient topology of a surjection, quotient maps, saturated sets, and the quotient of a space by an equivalence relation with its canonical projection), and give T×TT \times T the product topology (The product set iIXi\prod_{i \in I} X_i of functions choosing a point in each factor, the projections, the box topology, and the product topology as the initial topology of the projections; the empty product is a one-point space). Let

S  :=  [0,1]×[0,1]S \;:=\; [0,1] \times [0,1]

be the unit square, the product of two copies of the subspace [0,1][0,1] of R\mathbb{R}, which by claim 1 of Products commute with subspaces; for infinite nonempty families, the closure identity Ai=Ai\overline{\prod A_i}=\prod \overline{A_i} uses the Axiom of Choice is also the subspace [0,1]2[0,1]^2 of R2\mathbb{R}^2 (For n1n \ge 1 the product topology on nn copies of the usual topology of R\mathbb{R} is the metric topology of dd_\infty on Rn\mathbb{R}^n, and hence also of d1d_1 and d2d_2, so Rn\mathbb{R}^n as a product and Rn\mathbb{R}^n as a metric space are one space, Subspace topology: the traces of the open sets, its closed sets and its bases, the continuity of the inclusion, and the characteristic property of a map into a subspace). Let \sim be the relation on SS given by

(s,t)(s,t):ssZ and ttZ,(s,t) \sim (s',t') \quad :\Longleftrightarrow \quad s - s' \in \mathbb{Z} \text{ and } t - t' \in \mathbb{Z},

which glues each edge of the square to the opposite edge: it identifies (0,t)(0,t) with (1,t)(1,t) and (s,0)(s,0) with (s,1)(s,1), and identifies the four corners with one another. Let S/ ⁣S/\!\sim carry the quotient topology with projection PP. Then:

  1. Q:=q×q:R2T×TQ := q \times q : \mathbb{R}^2 \to T \times T, Q(x,y)=(q(x),q(y))Q(x,y) = (q(x), q(y)), is an open quotient map (A continuous open surjection, a continuous closed surjection, and a continuous surjection admitting a continuous section are all quotient maps): it is continuous by A map into a product is continuous iff each of its components is; the projections are continuous and open; and each projection is surjective when every factor is nonempty, which for an infinite index set uses the Axiom of Choice, surjective, and open because Q[U×V]=q[U]×q[V]Q[U \times V] = q[U] \times q[V] for open U,VRU, V \subseteq \mathbb{R}.
  2. S/ ⁣S/\!\sim and T×TT \times T are homeomorphic (Homeomorphism, open map, closed map, embedding, and what it means for a property to be topological). The homeomorphism is induced by the restriction QSQ \restriction S, and its inverse by the coordinatewise fractional part (Integer part: for every real xx there is exactly one integer mm with mx<m+1m \le x < m + 1).

So the square with opposite edges identified is the torus T×TT \times T. The torus is not identified here with any subset of R3\mathbb{R}^3, and TT is not identified with a circle in R2\mathbb{R}^2: both identifications need the trigonometric functions, which are not available at this point in the reading order (R/Z\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}: the quotient map is open, and the quotient is homeomorphic to [0,1][0,1] with its endpoints identified).

Facts & Assumptions

Given: T=R/ZT = \mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z} with projection qq; T×TT \times T with the product topology; R2\mathbb{R}^2 with the product topology; the square S=[0,1]×[0,1]S = [0,1]\times[0,1]; the relation \sim and the quotient S/ ⁣S/\!\sim with projection PP; the maps Q(x,y)=(q(x),q(y))Q(x,y) = (q(x),q(y)), E:=QSE := Q \restriction S, and F:R2S/ ⁣F : \mathbb{R}^2 \to S/\!\sim, F(x,y):=P(xx, yy)F(x,y) := P(x - \lfloor x \rfloor,\ y - \lfloor y \rfloor).

[A2]

For every real xx there is exactly one integer x\lfloor x \rfloor with xx<x+1\lfloor x \rfloor \le x < \lfloor x \rfloor + 1, and x+m=x+m\lfloor x + m \rfloor = \lfloor x \rfloor + m for every integer mm (Integer part: for every real xx there is exactly one integer mm with mx<m+1m \le x < m + 1).

[A3]

PP is a surjective quotient map, and WW is open in S/ ⁣S/\!\sim exactly when P1[W]P^{-1}[W] is open in SS (The quotient topology of a surjection, quotient maps, saturated sets, and the quotient of a space by an equivalence relation with its canonical projection).

Verification

technique · direct
1.1

QQ is continuous, its components qπ0q \circ \pi_0 and qπ1q \circ \pi_1 being composites of continuous maps, and surjective, since every (a,b)T×T(a,b) \in T\times T is (q(u),q(v))(q(u),q(v)) for some u,vu,v by surjectivity of qq.

A1L1L3
1.2

For U,VRU, V \subseteq \mathbb{R}: Q[U×V]=q[U]×q[V]Q[U \times V] = q[U] \times q[V]. Indeed Q(u,v)=(q(u),q(v))Q(u,v) = (q(u),q(v)) gives the inclusion \subseteq, and conversely (q(u),q(v))(q(u), q(v)) with uUu \in U, vVv \in V is Q(u,v)Q(u,v).

given
1.3

Q(x,y)=Q(x,y)Q(x,y) = Q(x',y') exactly when xxZx - x' \in \mathbb{Z} and yyZy - y' \in \mathbb{Z}, by [A1] applied in each coordinate.

A1
1.4

E=QSE = Q \restriction S is continuous by [L3], and surjective: given (a,b)T×T(a,b) \in T \times T write a=q(u)a = q(u), b=q(v)b = q(v); then uuu - \lfloor u \rfloor and vvv - \lfloor v \rfloor lie in [0,1)[0,1) by [A2] and E(uu, vv)=(a,b)E(u - \lfloor u\rfloor,\ v - \lfloor v \rfloor) = (a,b) by [A1].

A1A2L3L5
1.5

Fix integers m,nm,n and put R:=[m1, m+1]×[n1, n+1]R := [m-1,\ m+1] \times [n-1,\ n+1]. For α,β{0,1}\alpha,\beta \in \{0,1\} let Rαβ:=[m1+α, m+α]×[n1+β, n+β]R_{\alpha\beta} := [m-1+\alpha,\ m+\alpha] \times [n-1+\beta,\ n+\beta] and define gαβ:RαβS/ ⁣g_{\alpha\beta} : R_{\alpha\beta} \to S/\!\sim by gαβ(x,y):=P(x(m1+α), y(n1+β))g_{\alpha\beta}(x,y) := P\big(x - (m-1+\alpha),\ y - (n-1+\beta)\big). Each gαβg_{\alpha\beta} is continuous, being PP composed with a translation of each coordinate into [0,1][0,1], which is continuous by [L2], [L3] and [L5].

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2.1

For (s,t),(s,t)S(s,t),(s',t') \in S: E(s,t)=E(s,t)E(s,t) = E(s',t') exactly when (s,t)(s,t)(s,t) \sim (s',t'), by step 1.3 and the definition of \sim. So the fibres of EE are exactly the classes of \sim.

step 1.3
2.2

FF is constant on the fibres of QQ: if Q(x,y)=Q(x,y)Q(x,y) = Q(x',y') then x=x+mx' = x + m and y=y+ny' = y + n for integers m,nm,n by step 1.3, and then xx=xxx' - \lfloor x'\rfloor = x - \lfloor x \rfloor and yy=yyy' - \lfloor y' \rfloor = y - \lfloor y \rfloor by [A2].

step 1.3A2
2.3

QQ is an open map: by [L1] and [L2] the boxes U×VU \times V with U,VU,V open in R\mathbb{R} form a basis of R2\mathbb{R}^2, their images are the boxes q[U]×q[V]q[U] \times q[V] by step 1.2, which are open in T×TT \times T by [A1] and [L1], and the image of a union is the union of the images. With step 1.1 and [L4] this makes QQ an open quotient map, which is claim 1.

step 1.1step 1.2A1L1L2L4
2.4

The four maps of step 1.5 agree on the overlaps of the RαβR_{\alpha\beta}, which are contained in the lines x=mx = m and y=ny = n. On x=mx = m the two candidate values differ only in that the first coordinate of the argument of PP is 11 in one and 00 in the other, and (1,u)(0,u)(1,u) \sim (0,u); on y=ny = n the same holds in the second coordinate, and at (m,n)(m,n) all four values are PP of the four corners of SS, which are all \sim-equivalent.

step 1.5given
3.1

By steps 1.5 and 2.4 and the finite closed cover {Rαβ}\{R_{\alpha\beta}\} of RR, [L3] gives a continuous g:RS/ ⁣g : R \to S/\!\sim restricting to each gαβg_{\alpha\beta}; and g=Fg = F on RR, since for x[m1,m)x \in [m-1,m) one has x=m1\lfloor x \rfloor = m-1, for x[m,m+1)x \in [m,m+1) one has x=m\lfloor x \rfloor = m, and at x=m+1x = m+1 the value P(, 0,)P(\dots,\ 0,\dots) agrees with P(,1,)P(\dots, 1, \dots) by \sim, the same three cases applying to yy.

step 1.5step 2.4A2L3
4.1

FF is continuous: the open sets (m1,m+1)×(n1,n+1)(m-1,m+1) \times (n-1,n+1), m,nZm,n \in \mathbb{Z}, cover R2\mathbb{R}^2 by [L1] and [L2], and on each of them FF is the restriction of the continuous gg of step 3.1, hence continuous by [L3]; the open cover clause of [L3] then gives continuity of FF.

step 3.1L1L2L3
5.1

By step 2.1 and [L4] applied to the quotient map PP and the continuous map EE of step 1.4, there is exactly one continuous Eˉ:S/ ⁣ T×T\bar E : S/\!\sim\ \to T \times T with EˉP=E\bar E \circ P = E; by step 2.2 and [L4] applied to the quotient map QQ of step 2.3 and the continuous FF of step 4.1, there is exactly one continuous Fˉ:T×TS/ ⁣\bar F : T \times T \to S/\!\sim with FˉQ=F\bar F \circ Q = F.

step 1.4step 2.1step 2.2step 2.3step 4.1A3L4
6.1

FˉEˉ=id\bar F \circ \bar E = \mathrm{id}: for (s,t)S(s,t) \in S one has Fˉ(Eˉ(P(s,t)))=Fˉ(Q(s,t))=F(s,t)=P(ss, tt)\bar F(\bar E(P(s,t))) = \bar F(Q(s,t)) = F(s,t) = P(s - \lfloor s\rfloor,\ t - \lfloor t \rfloor), which equals P(s,t)P(s,t) in every case, since u=0\lfloor u \rfloor = 0 for u[0,1)u \in [0,1) and 11=01 - \lfloor 1 \rfloor = 0 with (0,)(1,)(0,\cdot) \sim (1,\cdot) and (,0)(,1)(\cdot,0) \sim (\cdot,1); and PP is surjective.

step 5.1A2A3
6.2

EˉFˉ=id\bar E \circ \bar F = \mathrm{id}: for (x,y)R2(x,y) \in \mathbb{R}^2 one has Eˉ(Fˉ(Q(x,y)))=Eˉ(F(x,y))=E(xx, yy)=Q(xx, yy)=Q(x,y)\bar E(\bar F(Q(x,y))) = \bar E(F(x,y)) = E(x - \lfloor x\rfloor,\ y - \lfloor y\rfloor) = Q(x - \lfloor x \rfloor,\ y - \lfloor y \rfloor) = Q(x,y) by [A1] and [A2]; and QQ is surjective by step 1.1.

step 1.1step 5.1A1A2
7.1

By steps 6.1 and 6.2 the continuous maps Eˉ\bar E and Fˉ\bar F are mutually inverse, so Eˉ\bar E is a homeomorphism, which is claim 2; with step 2.3 both claims are proved.

step 2.3step 5.1step 6.1step 6.2

Remarks

  • Why the two-dimensional pasting is needed at all. A shorter route would be to say that q×qq \times q is a quotient map because each factor is, but "a product of quotient maps is a quotient map" is false in general and is not available here (What the theory of these constructions still owes at this point in the reading order: preservation of quotient maps under products, separation beyond Hausdorff, and the invariants that tell the glued spaces apart). What rescues the argument is that qq is open, so QQ is open outright by step 2.3, and openness does pass to products.

  • The corners are where the gluing is genuinely four-fold. The relation identifies (0,0)(0,0), (1,0)(1,0), (0,1)(0,1) and (1,1)(1,1) with one another, so the torus has a single point coming from the four corners of the square. Step 2.4 is exactly the check that the four local descriptions of FF agree there.

  • The same technique with only one pair of edges glued gives the cylinder, and with one pair glued after a flip gives the Mobius band; both are worked in the next item, which reuses the argument of steps 2.2 to 4.1 in one variable.

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