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A point is a cluster point of a net if and only if some subnet converges to it
Statement
For a net and , is a cluster point of if and only if has a subnet converging to .
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A net in a topological space and a point .
A cluster point is one for which every neighbourhood is visited frequently, and convergence means eventual membership in every neighbourhood (Convergence and cluster points of a net in a topological space).
Intersections of finitely many neighbourhoods of are neighbourhoods of (Neighbourhood of a point and neighbourhood base, with this library's convention that a neighbourhood need not be open).
A subnet is given by an eventually cofinal index map (Subnet via an eventually cofinal index map).
Proof
Suppose is a cluster point. Let , ordered by when and .
Conversely, suppose a subnet converges to . Given a neighbourhood and , choose after which lies in and choose after which ; a common upper bound of gives and . Hence is frequently in .
The set is directed: for , take in ; frequent membership in gives with , and is above both pairs.
Put and . For every , the pair lies in , and every later pair has first coordinate at least . Thus is eventually cofinal and is a subnet of .
For a neighbourhood of , choose using frequent membership in . Every pair later than it has second coordinate contained in , hence its -value lies in . Thus .
Steps 1.1 and 2.1--2.3 construct a convergent subnet from a cluster point, and step 1.2 gives the converse.
Depends on
Used by
- Assuming the ultrafilter lemma, a space is compact if and only if every universal net converges Corollary
- Assuming the ultrafilter lemma, compactness is equivalent to every net having a cluster point, every net having a convergent subnet, every filter having a cluster point, and every ultrafilter converging Theorem
Dependency tree · next 3 levels
Direct dependencies and their dependencies through the next three levels: 8 results over 5 levels. An arrow runs from a result to what uses it, and this result sits at the bottom with a heavier outline. Click the chart to enlarge it.
Sources
- Schlumprecht, Math 655 notes (standard reference, not scraped)
- Net (mathematics) (Wikipedia) (standard reference, not scraped)