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H closed space

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In mathematics, a topological space X is said to be H-closed, or Hausdorff closed, or absolutely closed if it is closed in every Hausdorff space containing it as a subspace. This property is a generalization of compactness, since a compact subset of a Hausdorff space is closed. Thus, every compact Hausdorff space is H-closed. The notion of an H-closed space has been introduced in 1924 by P. Alexandroff and P. Urysohn.

Examples and equivalent formulations

  • The unit interval [ 0 , 1 ] , endowed with the smallest topology which refines the euclidean topology, and contains Q ∩ [ 0 , 1 ] as an open set is H-closed but not compact.
  • Every regular Hausdorff H-closed space is compact.
  • A Hausdorff space is H-closed if and only if every open cover has a finite subfamily with dense union.

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    H-closed space Wikipedia
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