description/proof of that for net with directed index set on subset of topological space that converges on space, convergence is on closure of subset
Topics
About: topological space
The table of contents of this article
Starting Context
- The reader knows a definition of convergence of net with directed index set.
- The reader knows a definition of closure of subset of topological space.
- The reader admits a local characterization of closure: any point on any topological space is on the closure of any subset if and only if its every neighborhood intersects the subset.
Target Context
- The reader will have a description and a proof of the proposition that for any net with directed index set on any subset of any topological space that converges on the space, the convergence is on the closure of the subset.
Orientation
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Main Body
1: Structured Description
Here is the rules of Structured Description.
Entities:
\(T\): \(\in \{\text{ the topological spaces }\}\)
\(S\): \(\subseteq T\)
\(D\): \(\in \{\text{ the directed index sets }\}\)
\(N\): \(: D \to T\), \(N (D) \subseteq S\)
\(p\): \(\in T\)
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Statements:
\(N\) converges to \(p\)
\(\implies\)
\(p \in \overline{S}\).
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2: Proof
Whole Strategy: Step 1: suppose that \(p \notin \overline{S}\) and find a contradiction.
Step 1:
Let us suppose that \(N\) converges to \(p\).
Let us suppose that \(p \notin \overline{S}\).
By a local characterization of closure: any point on any topological space is on the closure of any subset if and only if its every neighborhood intersects the subset, there would be a neighborhood of \(p\), \(N_p \subseteq T\), such that \(N_p \cap S = \emptyset\).
But there would be an index, \(j_0 \in D\), such that \(N (j) \in N_p\) for every \(j \in D\) such that \(j_0 \leq j\), but \(N (j) \in S\), which would mean that \(N_p \cap S \neq \emptyset\), a contradiction.
So, \(p \in \overline{S}\).
