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<p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/uniformly+continuous+map'>uniformly continuous function</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/embedding+of+topological+spaces'>embedding</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/open+map'>open map</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/closed+map'>closed map</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/sequence'>sequence</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/net'>net</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/subnet'>sub-net</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/filter'>filter</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/convergence'>convergence</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/category'>category</a> <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Top'>Top</a></p> <ul> <li><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/convenient+category+of+topological+spaces'>convenient category of topological spaces</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a href='Top#UniversalConstructions'>Universal constructions</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/weak+topology'>initial topology</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/weak+topology'>final topology</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/subspace'>subspace</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/quotient+space'>quotient space</a>,</p> </li> <li> <p>fiber space, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/space+attachment'>space attachment</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/product+topological+space'>product space</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/disjoint+union+topological+space'>disjoint union space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/mapping+cylinder'>mapping cylinder</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/cocylinder'>mapping cocylinder</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/mapping+cone'>mapping cone</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/mapping+cocone'>mapping cocone</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/mapping+telescope'>mapping telescope</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/colimits+of+normal+spaces'>colimits of normal spaces</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/stuff%2C+structure%2C+property'>Extra stuff, structure, properties</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/nice+topological+space'>nice topological space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/metric+space'>metric space</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/metric+topology'>metric topology</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/metrisable+topological+space'>metrisable space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Kolmogorov+topological+space'>Kolmogorov space</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Hausdorff+space'>Hausdorff space</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/regular+space'>regular space</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/normal+space'>normal space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/sober+topological+space'>sober space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/compact+space'>compact space</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/proper+map'>proper map</a></p> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/sequentially+compact+topological+space'>sequentially compact</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/countably+compact+topological+space'>countably compact</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/locally+compact+topological+space'>locally compact</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/sigma-compact+topological+space'>sigma-compact</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/paracompact+topological+space'>paracompact</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/countably+paracompact+topological+space'>countably paracompact</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/strongly+compact+topological+space'>strongly compact</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/compactly+generated+topological+space'>compactly generated space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/second-countable+space'>second-countable space</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/first-countable+space'>first-countable space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/contractible+space'>contractible space</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/locally+contractible+space'>locally contractible space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/connected+space'>connected space</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/locally+connected+topological+space'>locally connected space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/simply+connected+space'>simply-connected space</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/semi-locally+simply-connected+topological+space'>locally simply-connected space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/cell+complex'>cell complex</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/CW+complex'>CW-complex</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/pointed+topological+space'>pointed space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/topological+vector+space'>topological vector space</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Banach+space'>Banach space</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Hilbert+space'>Hilbert space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/topological+group'>topological group</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/topological+vector+bundle'>topological vector bundle</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/topological+K-theory'>topological K-theory</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/topological+manifold'>topological manifold</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Examples</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/empty+space'>empty space</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/point+space'>point space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/discrete+object'>discrete space</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/codiscrete+space'>codiscrete space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Sierpinski+space'>Sierpinski space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/order+topology'>order topology</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/specialization+topology'>specialization topology</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Scott+topology'>Scott topology</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Euclidean+space'>Euclidean space</a></p> <ul> <li><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/real+number'>real line</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/plane'>plane</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/cylinder+object'>cylinder</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/cone'>cone</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/sphere'>sphere</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/ball'>ball</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/circle'>circle</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/torus'>torus</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/annulus'>annulus</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/M%C3%B6bius+strip'>Moebius strip</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/polytope'>polytope</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/polyhedron'>polyhedron</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/projective+space'>projective space</a> (<a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/real+projective+space'>real</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/complex+projective+space'>complex</a>)</p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/classifying+space'>classifying space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/configuration+space+of+points'>configuration space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/path'>path</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/loop'>loop</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/compact-open+topology'>mapping spaces</a>: <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/compact-open+topology'>compact-open topology</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/topology+of+uniform+convergence'>topology of uniform convergence</a></p> <ul> <li><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/loop+space'>loop space</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/path+space'>path space</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Zariski+topology'>Zariski topology</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Cantor+space'>Cantor space</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Mandelbrot+set'>Mandelbrot space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Peano+curve'>Peano curve</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/line+with+two+origins'>line with two origins</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/long+line'>long line</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Sorgenfrey+line'>Sorgenfrey line</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/K-topology'>K-topology</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Dowker+space'>Dowker space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Warsaw+circle'>Warsaw circle</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Hawaiian+earring+space'>Hawaiian earring space</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Basic statements</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Hausdorff+implies+sober'>Hausdorff spaces are sober</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/schemes+are+sober'>schemes are sober</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/continuous+images+of+compact+spaces+are+compact'>continuous images of compact spaces are compact</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/closed+subspaces+of+compact+Hausdorff+spaces+are+equivalently+compact+subspaces'>closed subspaces of compact Hausdorff spaces are equivalently compact subspaces</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/open+subspaces+of+compact+Hausdorff+spaces+are+locally+compact'>open subspaces of compact Hausdorff spaces are locally compact</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/quotient+projections+out+of+compact+Hausdorff+spaces+are+closed+precisely+if+the+codomain+is+Hausdorff'>quotient projections out of compact Hausdorff spaces are closed precisely if the codomain is Hausdorff</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/compact+spaces+equivalently+have+converging+subnets'>compact spaces equivalently have converging subnet of every net</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Lebesgue+number+lemma'>Lebesgue number lemma</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/sequentially+compact+metric+spaces+are+equivalently+compact+metric+spaces'>sequentially compact metric spaces are equivalently compact metric spaces</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/compact+spaces+equivalently+have+converging+subnets'>compact spaces equivalently have converging subnet of every net</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/sequentially+compact+metric+spaces+are+totally+bounded'>sequentially compact metric spaces are totally bounded</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/continuous+metric+space+valued+function+on+compact+metric+space+is+uniformly+continuous'>continuous metric space valued function on compact metric space is uniformly continuous</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/paracompact+Hausdorff+spaces+are+normal'>paracompact Hausdorff spaces are normal</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/paracompact+Hausdorff+spaces+equivalently+admit+subordinate+partitions+of+unity'>paracompact Hausdorff spaces equivalently admit subordinate partitions of unity</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/closed+injections+are+embeddings'>closed injections are embeddings</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/proper+maps+to+locally+compact+spaces+are+closed'>proper maps to locally compact spaces are closed</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/injective+proper+maps+to+locally+compact+spaces+are+equivalently+the+closed+embeddings'>injective proper maps to locally compact spaces are equivalently the closed embeddings</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/locally+compact+and+sigma-compact+spaces+are+paracompact'>locally compact and sigma-compact spaces are paracompact</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/locally+compact+and+second-countable+spaces+are+sigma-compact'>locally compact and second-countable spaces are sigma-compact</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/second-countable+regular+spaces+are+paracompact'>second-countable regular spaces are paracompact</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/CW-complexes+are+paracompact+Hausdorff+spaces'>CW-complexes are paracompact Hausdorff spaces</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Theorems</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Urysohn%27s+lemma'>Urysohn's lemma</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Tietze+extension+theorem'>Tietze extension theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Tychonoff+theorem'>Tychonoff theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/tube+lemma'>tube lemma</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Michael%27s+theorem'>Michael's theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Brouwer%27s+fixed+point+theorem'>Brouwer's fixed point theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/topological+invariance+of+dimension'>topological invariance of dimension</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Jordan+curve+theorem'>Jordan curve theorem</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Analysis Theorems</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Heine-Borel+theorem'>Heine-Borel theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/intermediate+value+theorem'>intermediate value theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/extreme+value+theorem'>extreme value theorem</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/topological+homotopy+theory'>topological homotopy theory</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/homotopy'>left homotopy</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/homotopy'>right homotopy</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/homotopy+equivalence'>homotopy equivalence</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/deformation+retract'>deformation retract</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/fundamental+group'>fundamental group</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/covering+space'>covering space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/fundamental+theorem+of+covering+spaces'>fundamental theorem of covering spaces</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/homotopy+group'>homotopy group</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/weak+homotopy+equivalence'>weak homotopy equivalence</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Whitehead+theorem'>Whitehead's theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Freudenthal+suspension+theorem'>Freudenthal suspension theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/nerve+theorem'>nerve theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/homotopy+extension+property'>homotopy extension property</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Hurewicz+cofibration'>Hurewicz cofibration</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/topological+cofiber+sequence'>cofiber sequence</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Str%C3%B8m+model+structure'>Strøm model category</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/classical+model+structure+on+topological+spaces'>classical model structure on topological spaces</a></p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <h1 id='contents'>Contents</h1> <div class='maruku_toc'><ul><li><a href='#definition'>Definition</a></li><li><a href='#properties'>Properties</a></li><li><a href='#metrisability_theorem'>Metrisability theorem</a></li><li><a href='#related_concepts'>Related concepts</a></li><li><a href='#references'>References</a></li></ul></div> <h2 id='definition'>Definition</h2> <p>A <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/topological+space'>topological space</a> <math class='maruku-mathml' display='inline' id='mathml_90f2453b2101c18e68e35e3d8aeb3e7ea24cc348_1' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy='false'>(</mo><mi>X</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>τ</mi><mo stretchy='false'>)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding='application/x-tex'>(X,\tau)</annotation></semantics></math> is called <em>metrisable</em> if there exists the stucture of a <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/metric+space'>metric space</a> <math class='maruku-mathml' display='inline' id='mathml_90f2453b2101c18e68e35e3d8aeb3e7ea24cc348_2' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy='false'>(</mo><mi>X</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>d</mi><mo stretchy='false'>)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding='application/x-tex'>(X,d)</annotation></semantics></math> on the underlying set, such that <math class='maruku-mathml' display='inline' id='mathml_90f2453b2101c18e68e35e3d8aeb3e7ea24cc348_3' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><semantics><mrow><mi>τ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding='application/x-tex'>\tau</annotation></semantics></math> is the corresponding <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/metric+topology'>metric topology</a><ins class='diffins'>. If there exists such a </ins><ins class='diffins'><math class='maruku-mathml' display='inline' id='mathml_db9dcee015ecc80ab07cbde86dc34072381ef417_4' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy='false'>(</mo><mi>X</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>d</mi><mo stretchy='false'>)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding='application/x-tex'>(X,d)</annotation></semantics></math></ins><ins class='diffins'> which is </ins><ins class='diffins'><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/complete+space'>complete</a></ins><ins class='diffins'>, then </ins><ins class='diffins'><math class='maruku-mathml' display='inline' id='mathml_db9dcee015ecc80ab07cbde86dc34072381ef417_5' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy='false'>(</mo><mi>X</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>τ</mi><mo stretchy='false'>)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding='application/x-tex'>(X,\tau)</annotation></semantics></math></ins><ins class='diffins'> is called </ins><ins class='diffins'><em>completely metrisable</em></ins>.</p> <h2 id='properties'>Properties</h2> <p>Metrizable spaces enjoy a number of separation properties: they are <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Hausdorff+space'>Hausdorff</a>, <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/regular+space'>regular</a>, and even <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/normal+space'>normal</a>. They are also <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/paracompact+topological+space'>paracompact</a>.</p> <p>Metrizable spaces are closed under topological <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/coproduct'>coproducts</a> and of course <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/subspace'>subspaces</a> (and therefore <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/equalizer'>equalizers</a>); they are closed under <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/countable+set'>countable</a> <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/cartesian+product'>products</a> but not general products (for instance, a product of uncountably many copies of the <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/real+number'>real line</a> <math class='maruku-mathml' display='inline' id='mathml_90f2453b2101c18e68e35e3d8aeb3e7ea24cc348_4' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><semantics><mrow><mi>ℝ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding='application/x-tex'>\mathbb{R}</annotation></semantics></math> is not a normal space).</p> <h2 id='metrisability_theorem'>Metrisability theorem</h2> <p>Fundamental early work in point-set topology established a number of <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/metrization+theorem'>metrization theorems</a>, i.e., theorems which give sufficient conditions for a space to be metrisable. One of the more useful theorems is <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Pavel+Urysohn'>Urysohn</a> <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Urysohn+metrization+theorem+'>metrization theorem</a>: A <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/separation+axioms'>regular, Hausdorff</a>, and <a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/second-countable+space'>second-countable space</a> is metrisable. So, for instance, a compact Hausdorff space that is second-countable is metrisable. Other metrization theorems are:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Nagata-Smirnov metrization theorem</p> </li> <li> <p>Bing metrization theorem</p> </li> <li> <p>Moore metrization theorem</p> </li> </ul> <h2 id='related_concepts'>Related concepts</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/metric+space'>metric space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/separable+metric+space'>separable metric space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/topological+space'>topological space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class='existingWikiWord' href='/nlab/show/diff/Polish+space'>Polish space</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id='references'>References</h2> <p>See also</p> <ul> <li>Wikipedia, <em><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrization_theorem'>Metrization theorem</a></em></li> </ul> <p> </p><ins class='diffins'> </ins><ins class='diffins'><p> </p></ins><ins class='diffins'> </ins><ins class='diffins'><p> </p></ins><ins class='diffins'> </ins><ins class='diffins'><p> </p></ins><ins class='diffins'> </ins><ins class='diffins'><p> </p></ins><ins class='diffins'> </ins><ins class='diffins'><p> </p></ins> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> <div class="revisedby"> <p> Last revised on March 20, 2024 at 20:19:19. 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