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Metric spaces and point-set topology

Metric spaces and point-set topology

Warm-upHuman

Which of these formulas define a metric on R\mathbb{R}? (Choose all that apply.)

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Metric spaces and point-set topology

Warm-upHuman

With the usual topology on R\mathbb{R}, which of these sets are closed? (Choose all that apply.)

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Metric spaces and point-set topology

Warm-upHuman

How many different topologies are there on the two-element set {a,b}\{a, b\}?

Metric spaces and point-set topology

CoreHuman

A student claims: a continuous map f:R→Rf : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} sends open sets to open sets. Which of these continuous maps are counterexamples? (Choose all that apply.)

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Metric spaces and point-set topology

CoreHuman

The map t↦(cos⁡t,sin⁡t)t \mapsto (\cos t, \sin t) from [0,2π)[0, 2\pi) to the circle S1S^1 is a continuous bijection but not a homeomorphism. Theorem 14 says a continuous bijection from a compact space to a Hausdorff space is a homeomorphism. Which hypothesis of Theorem 14 fails here?

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Metric spaces and point-set topology

CoreHuman

In which of these metric spaces is the given set closed and bounded but not compact? (Choose all that apply.)

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Metric spaces and point-set topology

CoreHuman

Start with the square [0,1]×[0,1][0, 1] \times [0, 1] and glue (0,y)∼(1,1−y)(0, y) \sim (1, 1 - y) for every y∈[0,1]y \in [0, 1], and nothing else. What is the quotient space?

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Metric spaces and point-set topology

CoreFormal

Which Lean statement says that the continuous image of a compact set is compact? (Here K : Set X and f : X → Y.)

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Metric spaces and point-set topology

CoreComputational

Write is_topology(points, opens) that returns True exactly when the set opens of frozensets is a topology on the finite set points (a frozenset). Check: every open set is a subset of points; the empty set and points are open; and the union and intersection of any two open sets are open. (Why is checking pairs enough for a finite family?)

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Metric spaces and point-set topology

StretchHuman

Removing one point and counting connected pieces proves that which of these pairs are not homeomorphic? (Choose all that apply.)

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