Specific classes of maps between topological spaces
This file introduces the following properties of a map f : X → Y between topological spaces:
is_open_map fmeans the image of an open set underfis open.is_closed_map fmeans the image of a closed set underfis closed.
(Open and closed maps need not be continuous.)
inducing 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 indistinguishable in the topology onX.embedding fmeansfis inducing and also injective. Equivalently,fidentifiesXwith a subspace ofY.open_embedding fmeansfis an embedding with open image, so it identifiesXwith an open subspace ofY. Equivalently,fis an embedding and an open map.closed_embedding fsimilarly meansfis an embedding with closed image, so it identifiesXwith a closed subspace ofY. Equivalently,fis an embedding and a closed map.quotient_map fis the dual condition toembedding 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
- induced : tα = topological_space.induced f tβ
- to_inducing : inducing f
- inj : function.injective f
A function between topological spaces is an embedding if it is injective,
and for all s : set α, s is open iff it is the preimage of an open set.
A function between topological spaces is a quotient map if it is surjective,
and for all s : set β, s is open iff its preimage is an open set.
Equations
- quotient_map f = (function.surjective f ∧ tβ = topological_space.coinduced f tα)
A map f : α → β is said to be an open map, if the image of any open U : set α
is open in β.
An open embedding is an embedding with open image.
A closed embedding is an embedding with closed image.