2022-10-16

370: Identity Map with Domain and Codomain Having Different Topologies Is Continuous iff Domain Is Finer than Codomain

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A description/proof of that identity map with domain and codomain having different topologies is continuous iff domain is finer than codomain

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About: topological space

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  • The reader will have a description and a proof of the proposition that any identity map with domain and codomain having the same set but having different topologies is continuous if and only if the domain topology is finer than codomain's.

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1: Description


For any topological spaces, T1,T2, that have the same set but have different topologies and the identity map, f:T1T2, f is continuous if and only if the T1 topology is finer than the T2 topology.


2: Proof


Suppose that the T1 topology is finer than the T2 topology. Take any open set, UT2. The preimage f1(U)=U, is open on T1, because the T1 topology is finer, so, f is continuous.

Suppose that f is continuous. Take any open set, UT2. The preimage f1(U)=U, is open on T1, because f is continuous, so, the T1 topology is finer.


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