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Countably compact space

In mathematics a topological space is called countably compact if every countable open cover has a finite subcover.

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In mathematics a topological space is called countably compact if every countable open cover has a finite subcover.

Equivalent definitions

A topological space X is called countably compact if it satisfies any of the following equivalent conditions: 12

(1) Every countable open cover of X has a finite subcover.
(2) Every infinite set A in X has an ω-accumulation point in X.
(3) Every sequence in X has an accumulation point in X.
(4) Every countable family of closed subsets of X with an empty intersection has a finite subfamily with an empty intersection.

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Notes

Notes

  1. Steen & Seebach, p. 19
  2. "General topology - Does sequential compactness imply countable compactness?".
  3. Steen & Seebach 1995, example 42, p. 68.
  4. Steen & Seebach, p. 20
  5. Steen & Seebach, Example 105, p, 125
  6. Willard, problem 17G, p. 125
  7. Kremsater, Terry Philip (1972), Sequential space methods (Thesis), University of British Columbia, doi:10.14288/1.0080490, Theorem 1.20
  8. Willard, problem 17F, p. 125
  9. Willard, problem 17F, p. 125
  10. Engelking 1989, Theorem 3.10.3(ii).
  11. "Countably compact paracompact space is compact".
  12. Engelking 1989, Theorem 5.1.20.
  13. Engelking 1989, Theorem 5.3.2.
  14. Steen & Seebach, Figure 7, p. 25
  15. "Prove that a countably compact, first countable T2 space is regular".
  16. Willard, problem 17F, p. 125
  17. "Is the Product of a Compact Space and a Countably Compact Space Countably Compact?".
  18. Engelking, example 3.10.19
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