2023-03-12

238: Product of Closed Sets Is Closed in Product Topology

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A description/proof of that product of closed sets is closed in product topology

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About: topological space

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Target Context


  • The reader will have a description and a proof of the proposition that any product of closed sets (1 from each constituent topological space) is closed in the product topology.

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1: Description


For any product topological space, T:=T1×T2×...×Tn, and any closed sets, CiTi, C1×C2×...×CnT is closed on T.


2: Proof


C1×C2×...×Cn=(T1U1)×(T2U2)×...×(TnUn) where UiTi is open on Ti. (T1U1)×(T2U2)×...×(TnUn)=T1×T2×...×Tn((U1×T2×...×Tn)(T1×U2×...×Tn)...(T1×T2×...×Un)), by the proposition that the product of any complements is the product of the whole sets minus the union of the products of the whole sets, 1 of which is replaced with the subset for each constituent set. As each T1×T2×...×Ui×...×Tn is open, ((U1×T2×...×Tn)(T1×U2×...×Tn)...(T1×T2×...×Un)) is open.


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