diff --git a/content/Math4201/Math4201_L8.md b/content/Math4201/Math4201_L8.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3a53b87 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/Math4201/Math4201_L8.md @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ +# Math4201 Lecture 8 + +Recall from real analysis, a set is closed if and only if it has limit points. + +## New materials + +### Limit points + +Let $(X,\mathcal{T})$ be a topological space. $A$ is a subset of $X$, then we say $x\in X$ is a limit point of $A$ if any open set $U\subset X$ containing $x$ has another point $y\in A-\{x\}$. + +
+Example of limit points + +Let $X=\mathbb{R}$ with standard topology. + +Let $A=(0,1)$, then set of limit points of $A$ is $[0,1]$. + +Let $A=\left{\frac{1}{n}\right}_{n\in \mathbb{N}}$, then set of limit points of $A$ is $\{0\}$. + +Let $A=\{0\}\cup (1,2)$, then set of limit points of $A$ is $[1,2]$ + +Let $A=\mathbb{Z}$, then set of limit points of $A$ is $\emptyset$. + +
+ +#### Proposition of limit points and closed sets + +A set is close if and only if it has limit points. + +Theorem: For any subset $A$ of a topological space $X$, the closure of $A$ is $\overline{A}=A\cup A'$. + +
+Proof + +First we want to prove the theorem implies the proposition, + +$\Rightarrow$ + +Let $A$ be a close set in $X$, then $\overline{A}=A$ because $A$ in the intersection of all closed subsets $Z\subseteq A$ in $X$ that contains $A$. + +So $Z=A$ is such a closed subset of $X$ that contains $A$. + +By the theorem, $\overline{A}=A\cup A'$. Combining this with the fact that $A$ is closed, we have $A=A\cup A'$. + +So $A'\subseteq A$. + +$\Leftarrow$ + +Suppose $A\subseteq X$ is a set that includes all its limit points, then $A'\subseteq A$.Then $A'\cup A=A$. + +By the theorem, $\overline{A}=A\cup A'=A$. + +Since $\overline{A}$ is the smallest closed subset of $X$ that contains $A$, we have $A$ is closed. + +
+ +#### Definition of neighborhood + +Let $(X,\mathcal{T})$ be a topological space. A neighborhood of a point $x\in X$ is an open set $U\in \mathcal{T}$ such that $x\in U$. + +#### Lemma of intersection of neighborhoods for closure of a set + +$x\in \overline{A}$ if and only if any neighborhood of $U$ of $x$ non-trivial intersects $A$. ($A\cap U\neq \emptyset$) + +
+Proof of Lemma + +$\Leftarrow$ + +We proceed by contradiction. + +Suppose $A\notin \overline{A}$, then $x\notin \overline{A}$. + +Then $\overline{A}=\bigcap_{A\subseteq Z, Z\text{ is closed}} Z$ + +So, there is $A\subseteq Z\subset X$ and $Z$ is closed. + +So this implies that $x\in X-Z\coloneq U$ and $U$ is open since it a complement of a closed set $Z$. + +Since $A\subseteq Z$, we have $A\cap U= \emptyset$. (disjoint) + +So $U$ and $A$ are disjoint. So $U$ is an open neighborhood of $x$ that is disjoint from $A$. + +This contradicts the assumption that $x\in \overline{A}$. + +$\Rightarrow$ + +Let $x\in \overline{A}$, and we want to show that any neighborhood of $U$ of $x$ non-trivial intersects $A$. ($A\cap U\neq \emptyset$) + +By contradiction, suppose that there is an open neighborhood of $x$ that is disjoint from $A$. Then $Z\coloneq X-U$ is closed and $A\subseteq Z$ because $U\cap A= \emptyset$. + +Also $x\notin Z$. + +By the definition of closure, $\overline{A}=\subset Z$. + +Since $x\notin Z$, we have $x\notin \overline{A}$. + +This contradicts the assumption that $x\in \overline{A}$. + +
+ +#### Proof of theorem + +For any subset $A$ of a topological space $X$, the closure of $A$ is $\overline{A}=A\cup A'$. + +
+Proof + +First we show $A\subseteq \overline{A}$. + +If $x\in A'$, then any open neighborhood $U$ of $x$ has a non-trivial intersection with $A$ by the lemma. + +So $x\in \overline{A}$. + +We already know $A\subseteq \overline{A}$. + +Therese two inductions implies $A\cup A'\subseteq \overline{A}$. + +Next we show that $\overline{A}\subseteq A\cup A'$. + +If $x\in \overline{A}$, then by the lemma, any open neighborhood $U$ of $x$ has a non-trivial intersection with $A$. + +If $x\in A$, then $x\in A\cup A'$. + +If $x\notin A$, then the intersection of any open neighborhood $U$ of $x$ with $A$ does not contain $x$. + +This implies that this intersection has to include a point $y$ that is not $x$. + +Since this holds for any open neighborhood $U$ of $x$, we have $x\in A'$. ($x$ is a limit point of $A$) + +So $x\in A'$. + +Therese two inductions implies $\overline{A}\subseteq A\cup A'$. + +
+ +> [!TIP] +> +> Now the three definition of closure are equivalent. +> +> 1. The smallest closed subset of $X$ that contains $A$. +> 2. $A\cup A'$. diff --git a/content/Math4201/_meta.js b/content/Math4201/_meta.js index 9805346..df84dbe 100644 --- a/content/Math4201/_meta.js +++ b/content/Math4201/_meta.js @@ -8,5 +8,7 @@ export default { Math4201_L3: "Topology I (Lecture 3)", Math4201_L4: "Topology I (Lecture 4)", Math4201_L5: "Topology I (Lecture 5) Bonus", - Math4201_L6: "Topology I (Lecture 6)" + Math4201_L6: "Topology I (Lecture 6)", + Math4201_L7: "Topology I (Lecture 7)", + Math4201_L8: "Topology I (Lecture 8)", }