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A nonempty compact Hausdorff space carries exactly one compatible uniformity

Statement

A nonempty compact Hausdorff topology carries exactly one compatible uniformity.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A nonempty compact Hausdorff topology on XX.

[L2]

Uniform-cover and entourage structures determine each other (On a nonempty set, entourage uniformities and uniform-cover structures determine one another).

[L3]

A compatible uniformity is one whose induced topology is the given topology (Uniformizable and separated-uniformizable topological spaces).

[L5]

Every open cover of a compact Hausdorff space has a finite open star-refinement (Every open cover of a compact Hausdorff space has a finite open star-refinement).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

Apply [L2] to the cover structure of [L1] to obtain one compatible entourage uniformity.

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1.2

Let U\mathcal U be any compatible uniformity. Each entourage-ball cover admits an open refinement because every ball is a neighbourhood in the induced topology, so every cover uniform for U\mathcal U admits an open refinement.

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1.3

Conversely, let O\mathcal O be an open cover and take a finite open star-refinement W\mathcal W by [L5]. Form the family of all open sets NN for which there are xNx\in N, WWW\in\mathcal W, and a symmetric entourage DD satisfying ND[x]N\subseteq D[x] and D2[x]WD^{\circ2}[x]\subseteq W. This family covers XX: given xx, first take WWW\in\mathcal W containing it, then use compatibility and a symmetric square root to obtain such DD and an open neighbourhood ND[x]N\subseteq D[x]. Compactness gives finitely many witnesses (Ni,xi,Wi,Di)(N_i,x_i,W_i,D_i) covering XX. Put D=iDiD=\bigcap_iD_i. If yNiy\in N_i and zD[y]z\in D[y], then symmetry gives xiDiyDizx_iD_i yD_i z, so zDi2[xi]Wiz\in D_i^{\circ2}[x_i]\subseteq W_i. Hence the DD-ball cover refines W\mathcal W, and therefore refines O\mathcal O. Thus every open cover is uniform for U\mathcal U.

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2.1

By steps 1.2 and 1.3, the cover structure associated to U\mathcal U consists exactly of the covers admitting an open refinement, which is the structure in [L1].

L1step 1.2step 1.3
3.1

The dictionary [L2] then recovers the same entourage uniformity from either structure, proving uniqueness.

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