Condensation point
In mathematics, a condensation point p of a subset S of a topological space is any point p such that every neighborhood of p contains uncountably many points of S. Thus "condensation point" is synonymous with "-accumulation point".[1][2]
Examples
[edit]- If S = (0,1) is the open unit interval, a subset of the real numbers, then 0 is a condensation point of S.
- If S is an uncountable subset of a set X endowed with the indiscrete topology, then any point p of X is a condensation point of X as the only neighborhood of p is X itself.
References
[edit]- ^ Efimov, B. A. (2001) [1994], "Condensation point of a set", Encyclopedia of Mathematics, EMS Press
- ^ Lynn Steen and J. Arthur Seebach, Jr., Counterexamples in Topology, 2nd Edition, pg. 5
Further reading
[edit]- Walter Rudin, Principles of Mathematical Analysis, 3rd Edition, Chapter 2, exercise 27
- John C. Oxtoby, Measure and Category, 2nd Edition (1980)
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