Continuous iff Every Basis Element is Open
Suppose that
is a function and
is
generated by a basis
, then
is continuous if every basis element
is open in
Let be open in , we want to prove that is an open set. Since is open then we know that where .
By noting that , since , then every element is a basis element, and thus is an open set by our assumption, therefore as it is an arbitrary union of open sets, we can see that is an open set, as needed
The Set of Points Where a Function Is Larger Than the Other Is Open
Let
be a set with the
order topology, and
then the set
is open in
Let now let's an open set around contained in . Since then we know that therefore since is hausdorff then we know that there are disjoint neiborhoods of respectively such that we have . Since are continuous we also knot that is open in , if then we know that and that and so therefore so that and therefore it is open.
Note that as a corollary to this we know that the set is closed.
The Min Function of Two Functions Is Continuous
Suppose is the order topology and that are continuous, then the function defined as is continuous
Let and which we know are closed, and thus is also closed, moreover we know that but also that in order to use the pasting lemma we need to restrict our functions to so that and (which we know are continuous as a restriction of a continuous function).
With these functions we can notice that thus by invoking the pasting lemma we conclude that is a continuous function which is what we wanted to show.
Finite to One
Given a function we say that it is finite to one diff for every
Continuous Identity Implies One Topology Is Finer Than the Other
Suppose that
are both topologies on
then if the
identity is continuous, then
Suppose that
, then
since then we know that
is open in
since
is continuous, therefore we are done
Two Topologies Are Equal If the Identity Is a Homeomorphism
Suppose that
are both topologies on
if the
identity is a
homeomorphism then
We already know that , now since was assumed continuous then we know that
A Function Is Continuous When Taken With the Finite Complement Topology Iff It Is Constant or Finite One to One
Suppose that
where
are taken with the
finite complement topology. Then
is continuous iff it is
constant or finite to one.
Suppose that is continuous, then it's either true or false that is constant, if is constant then the proof is done, so let's suppose that it is not constant, so we must prove it is finite one to one, let , since this shows that is open in therefore which equals but also equals is an open set. Since it is, this implies that is either finite or all of , but since is not constant, then it cannot be all of therefore we know that is finite, showing that is finite to one.
Now if is constant, then suppose for any therefore if we're given an open in then if then and if not then , in either case the inverse image is open. On the other hand if is not constant, we shall prove is finite to one, then still supposing that was open in then that means that is finite or (But in that case which is open in ), so supposing that that difference was finite, then we know that which is a finite union of finite sets and thus finite, but we also know that therefore is open in which is exactly what we wanted to prove.
Continuous iff Every Subbasis Element is Open
Suppose that
is a function and
is
generated by a subbasis
, then
is continuous if every subbasis element
is open in
Since is generated by , this means that where is the basis generated by therefore to verify that this function is continuous all we have to do is check that every basis element has the property that is open with respect to
We know for some , therefore we want to know if is open, since we know that the intersection factors through the inverse image then we can re-write this as .
Our initial assumption was that given any that was open, thus specifically for our their inverse images should also be open, therefore is a finite intersection of open sets of thus it is open, which shows that is continuous.
Continuous Implies Image Closure Expansion
Suppose that
is continuous, then given any subset
of
, we have that
Suppose that is continuous, and suppose that , we want to show that , we start by assuming that , which means that where , we now want to prove that , one way of going about this would be to show that every neighborhood of intersects , which we will do.
So let be a neighborhood of , by definition we know , then we know that is an open set since is continuous, since , then is also a neighborhood of , therefore clearly , that is .
We assumed that , which is equivalent to every neighborhood of intersecting , we know that is an open set containing , which makes it a neighborhood of , and thus it must intersect with at some point , then , at the same time we know that as well, so that , thus showing that the neighborhood intersects , therefore this shows that , as needed.
Closure Expansion Implies Closed Inverse Image
Suppose that for every subset
, we have
, then for every
closed set
of
,
is closed in
Let be a closed set of , we want to prove that is a closed set of , which is equivalent to , therefore we will prove this instead.
We already know , so all we need to show is that , so let , and we want to prove that , in other words we want to show that .
Before we continue, we should realize that is a subset of , therefore our assumption applies, which tells us , since , we can conclude that .
Since , then , but then by our previous paragraph, we know that , as needed.
Closed Inverse Image Implies Continuous
Suppose that for every closed in , is closed in , then is continuous
Let be an open set of , we want to show that is an open set of , set .
Since was open, then is closed, and thus is a closed set. But note this:
Where we've used the facts:
The conclusion from the above was that , from our assumption we knew that was a closed, set, which makes an open set, which is what we set out to prove.
Continuous iff Every Neighborhood Contains the Image of another Neighborhood
is continuous iff for every and neighborhood of , there is a neighborhood of such that
Let and suppose is a neighborhood of , then is an open set since was assumed continuous, it also must contain , this is because , making a neighborhood of , we also know , as needed.
Suppose is open in , if , we are done, thus we can find some element , making a neighborhood of , thus by assumption, we get some neighborhood such that , this by definition means that for any , we know , or that , which shows that .
Since this is true for every point , since , then can be written as an arbitrary union of open sets, and thus it is open, as needed.
Continuous, Image Closure Expansion, Closed Inverse Image, Nested Neighborhoods Equivalence
Let
be topological spaces, let
, then the following are equivalent:
- is continuous
- For every subset of ,
- For every closed set of , is closed in
- For each and each neighborhood of , there is a neighborhood of such that
We've shown that , , and , this induces directed graph that is weakly connected and has a cycle, therefore it is connected, which means that all statements are equivalent.
Homeomorphism
Let
be topological spaces, and let
be a bijection. If the function
and it's inverse function
are
continuous, then
is called a
homeomorphism
Two Topologies Are Homeomorphic
Let
be topological spaces, if there exists a
homeomorphism between them then we say that
and
are
homeomorphic.
Homeomorphism Set and it's Image are Open Equivalence
Suppose that
is a bijection, then
is a
homeomorphism iff the following is true:
is open in
iff
is open in
Suppose that is a homeomorphism, and that is a subset of , assume is open in , we'll prove that is open in , since is continuous, then we know that is an open set of , since is a bijection, this means it's injective and thus as needed.
Now suppose that is open in , since we know that is continuous this means that is an open set of , we've shown that , thus, we've just shown that is an open set of , this concludes
At this point we've proven the main rightward implication. The other direction is quite a lot easier. We have to show that both and are continuous.
Suppose that is an open set of , we want to show that is an open set of , which is true iff is an open set of , since is surjective, then making it an open set of , which shows that is an open set of
Now suppose that is an open set of , our goal will be to show that is an open set of , as seen previously , and since was open in , by our assmption we know that is open in , this concludes the proof.
Imbedding
Suppose that
is an
injective continuous function, with
and
topological spaces. By setting
as a
subspace of
, if
obtained by restricting the range of
is a
homeomorphism, then we say that the original
is an
imbedding of
in
Constant Functions are Continuous
Let
be topological spaces and suppose that
, if
is
constant with value
, then
is continuous
Suppose that , if , then , otherwise so , in either case we have an open set of .
Inclusion is Continuous
Suppose that
is a
subspace of
, then the
inclusion function is continuous.
Let be an open set of , then , which by definition is open in the subspace topology of as needed.
Compositions of Continuous Functions are Continuous
Suppose that and are continuous then the map is continuous
Let be open in , we want to prove that is an open set of .
To start if we look at , we know this is equal to , thus since is continuous we know that is an open set of and then is open in since was continuous, this shows that is continuous
Domain Restriction is Continuous
If is continuous and if is a subspace of , then the restricted function is continuous
Restricting the Range maintains Continuity
Suppose that is continuous. If is a subspace of containing , then the function obtained by restricting the range is continuous
To show continuity we start by assuming that is open in , therefore where is open in
Pasting
Let where are closed in . Let and be continuous. If for every then and combine to give a continuous function defined as
Let be a closed subset of then we know that but since were continuous then their inverse images are also closed, therefore as is a union of two closed sets we deduce that it is closed as well showing that is continuous.
Given a Convergent Sequence Then the Continuous Image Also Converges
Let be continuous, and suppose that then
TODO: Add the proof here.