Module docstring
{"# Specific classes of maps between topological spaces
This file introduces the following properties of a map f : X → Y between topological spaces:
IsOpenMap fmeans the image of an open set underfis open.IsClosedMap fmeans the image of a closed set underfis closed.
(Open and closed maps need not be continuous.)
IsInducing fmeans the topology onXis the one induced viaffrom the topology onY. These behave like embeddings except they need not be injective. Instead, points ofXwhich are identified byfare also inseparable in the topology onX.IsEmbedding fmeansfis inducing and also injective. Equivalently,fidentifiesXwith a subspace ofY.IsOpenEmbedding fmeansfis an embedding with open image, so it identifiesXwith an open subspace ofY. Equivalently,fis an embedding and an open map.IsClosedEmbedding fsimilarly meansfis an embedding with closed image, so it identifiesXwith a closed subspace ofY. Equivalently,fis an embedding and a closed map.IsQuotientMap fis the dual condition toIsEmbedding f:fis surjective and the topology onYis the one coinduced viaffrom the topology onX. Equivalently,fidentifiesYwith a quotient ofX. Quotient maps are also sometimes known as identification maps.
References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_and_closed_maps
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedding#General_topology
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotient_space_(topology)#Quotient_map
Tags
open map, closed map, embedding, quotient map, identification map
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