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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 X.

[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
1.1L1L2

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

1.2L2L3L4

Let 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 admits an open refinement.

1.3L3L4L5choose

Conversely, let O be an open cover and take a finite open star-refinement W by [L5]. Form the family of all open sets N for which there are x∈N, W∈W, and a symmetric entourage D satisfying N⊆D[x] and D∘2[x]⊆W. This family covers X: given x, first take W∈W containing it, then use compatibility and a symmetric square root to obtain such D and an open neighbourhood N⊆D[x]. Compactness gives finitely many witnesses (Ni,xi,Wi,Di) covering X. Put D=⋂iDi. If y∈Ni and z∈D[y], then symmetry gives xiDiyDiz, so z∈Di∘2[xi]⊆Wi. Hence the D-ball cover refines W, and therefore refines O. Thus every open cover is uniform for U.

2.1L1step 1.2step 1.3

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

3.1step 1.1step 2.1L2∎

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

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