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The -topology on , generated by the open intervals together with their complements of , is and Hausdorff but not regular
Statement
Write for the canonical natural of (The canonical natural of a field), so that abbreviates the inverse of , and put
the bounded open intervals of (Intervals of : the nine order-convex forms, nondegeneracy, and length) together with those same intervals with removed. Then:
- is a basis for a unique topology on (A family is a basis for a unique topology iff it covers the set and every point of an intersection of two members lies in a member inside that intersection; finite intersections of any subbasis form a basis), the -topology, and is finer than the usual topology of (The absolute value makes a metric space: is a metric, its open balls are the intervals , and it is unbounded, Metrizable space: a topological space whose topology is induced by some metric; metrizability is topological, the metric is not).
- is Hausdorff (Hausdorff space: distinct points have disjoint open neighbourhoods; every metrizable space is Hausdorff and the indiscrete topology on two points is not) and ( (Kolmogorov) and (Frechet) spaces).
- is closed in .
- is not regular (Regular spaces and spaces, with the source disagreement over whether regularity includes stated explicitly): the point and the closed set have no disjoint open neighbourhoods.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: with its order, its usual metric and its usual topology; the set and the family above; reals and naturals . Throughout is the inverse of the canonical natural .
, and for the midpoint satisfies , so (Intervals of : the nine order-convex forms, nondegeneracy, and length).
A family satisfying (B1) and (B2) is a basis for exactly one topology, namely the family of sets each of whose points lies in a member inside the set (A family is a basis for a unique topology iff it covers the set and every point of an intersection of two members lies in a member inside that intersection; finite intersections of any subbasis form a basis, Basis and subbasis for a topology, and the topology generated by a family of sets).
is open in the usual topology exactly when every has with (The absolute value makes a metric space: is a metric, its open balls are the intervals , and it is unbounded, claim 3, Metrizable space: a topological space whose topology is induced by some metric; metrizability is topological, the metric is not).
For every real there is a natural with ; every nonzero natural is a successor; and for every real there is a natural with (For every in a complete ordered field there is a natural with , Every nonzero natural number is a successor, Every complete ordered field is Archimedean).
For the canonical natural is positive and is strictly increasing on the naturals (Canonical naturals are positive and strictly increasing); and implies (Inverses of positives are positive, and reciprocation reverses order).
A two-element set of reals has a maximum and a minimum, each of which is one of the two elements (Maximum and minimum of a set, Every nonempty finite set of reals has a maximum and a minimum).
A space is Hausdorff when distinct points have disjoint open neighbourhoods; every Hausdorff space is ; a space is regular when a point and a closed set not containing it have disjoint open neighbourhoods (Hausdorff space: distinct points have disjoint open neighbourhoods; every metrizable space is Hausdorff and the indiscrete topology on two points is not, Every Urysohn space is Hausdorff, every Hausdorff space is and hence , and every regular space is Urysohn, Regular spaces and spaces, with the source disagreement over whether regularity includes stated explicitly, (Kolmogorov) and (Frechet) spaces).
A set is closed exactly when its complement is open, and an arbitrary union of open sets is open (Topology on a set, open and closed sets, clopen sets, the closed-set axiomatisation, and the coarser/finer comparison).
Proof
(B1): every lies in , so covers .
(B2): for and the intersection is by [L5] and [A1], which is a member of when and is empty otherwise; removing from one or from both factors intersects the same interval with the complement of , giving a member of or the empty set; and in the empty case (B2) is vacuous.
By steps 1.1 and 1.2 and [L1] the family is a basis for a unique topology on , which is claim 1's first half.
is finer than the usual topology: if is usually open and , then [L2] gives with , and , so by [L1]; this completes claim 1.
Let in ; by [L5] we may assume , and put , so that . The sets and lie in , hence are open, contain and respectively, and are disjoint, a common point being both and . So is Hausdorff, and by [L6]; this is claim 2.
, the union being over naturals : each term is a member of and misses , and conversely a point has for some natural by [L3], so lies in the term of index . Hence is open by [L7] and is closed, which is claim 3.
Suppose are disjoint with and ; note , since every element of is positive by [L4].
Under step 4.1: by [L1] there is with , and is or with .
Under step 4.1: by [L3] there is a natural with , and for some , so , since by [L4] and .
Under step 4.1: , for otherwise by step 6.1 while , contradicting ; hence .
Under step 4.1: , so by [L1] there is with ; and is not of the form , which contains no point of , so with .
Under step 4.1: put by [L5]. Then : indeed and , and by [L4], since and both are positive.
Under step 4.1: the interval contains no element of . An element of it satisfies , hence by [L4], hence and so , whence by [L4] and step 8.1, contradicting .
Under step 4.1: put , so by [A1] and step 8.1, and by step 9.1.
Under step 4.1: , since and by step 6.1 and step 8.1; and , since and by step 7.2.
Step 11.1 puts in , contradicting the disjointness assumed in step 4.1; so no such and exist, and by [L6] the space is not regular, which is claim 4.
Remarks
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One pair suffices, and only one pair is claimed. Regularity is a statement about every point and every closed set missing it, so a single pair that cannot be separated refutes it; the pair exhibited is . Nothing above asserts that the space is regular at any other pair, and nothing needs it: what the lemma is for is the refutation of "Hausdorff implies regular", and that needs exactly one failure.
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Why the gap is the right place to look. The basic neighbourhood of inside has had all of deleted, so it cannot be told apart from a usual interval except at the points of ; and any neighbourhood of the point of must be an ordinary interval, because the deleted basic sets miss altogether. Two such sets overlap in a nonempty interval, and the interval between consecutive members of supplies a point of the overlap that is not in . Writing "clearly some point of the overlap avoids " would be the gap that this argument exists to close.
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The index shift is not cosmetic. contains (The canonical natural of a field), so the set is written and its largest element is ; writing would divide by zero.
Depends on
- Topology on a set, open and closed sets, clopen sets, the closed-set axiomatisation, and the coarser/finer comparison
- Basis and subbasis for a topology, and the topology generated by a family of sets
- A family is a basis for a unique topology iff it covers the set and every point of an intersection of two members lies in a member inside that intersection; finite intersections of any subbasis form a basis
- $T_0$ (Kolmogorov) and $T_1$ (Frechet) spaces
- Hausdorff space: distinct points have disjoint open neighbourhoods; every metrizable space is Hausdorff and the indiscrete topology on two points is not
- Regular spaces and $T_3$ spaces, with the source disagreement over whether regularity includes $T_1$ stated explicitly
- Every Urysohn space is Hausdorff, every Hausdorff space is $T_1$ and hence $T_0$, and every regular $T_1$ space is Urysohn
- Metrizable space: a topological space whose topology is induced by some metric; metrizability is topological, the metric is not
- The absolute value makes $\mathbb{R}$ a metric space: $d(x,y) = |x-y|$ is a metric, its open balls are the intervals $(x-r, x+r)$, and it is unbounded
- Intervals of $\mathbb{R}$: the nine order-convex forms, nondegeneracy, and length
- The canonical natural $\iota(n) = n \cdot 1_F$ of a field
- For every $\varepsilon > 0$ in a complete ordered field there is a natural $n \ge 1$ with $1/n < \varepsilon$
- Every nonzero natural number is a successor
- Canonical naturals are positive and strictly increasing
- Inverses of positives are positive, and reciprocation reverses order
- Every complete ordered field is Archimedean
- Maximum and minimum of a set
- Every nonempty finite set of reals has a maximum and a minimum
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Sources
- K-topology (Wikipedia) (standard reference, not scraped)
- Regular space (Wikipedia) (standard reference, not scraped)
- J. Munkres, Topology, 2nd ed., §13 and §31 (standard reference, not scraped)
- R. Gardner, Introduction to Topology, notes on Munkres Section 13: Basis for a Topology (East Tennessee State University) (standard reference, not scraped)
- R. Gardner, Introduction to Topology, notes on Munkres Section 31: The Separation Axioms (East Tennessee State University) (standard reference, not scraped)