Half-disk topology
In mathematics, and particularly general topology, the half-disk topology is an example of a topology given to the set , given by all points in the plane such that .[1] The set can be termed the closed upper half plane.
To give the set a topology means to say which subsets of are "open", and to do so in a way that the following axioms are met:[2]
- The union of open sets is an open set.
- The finite intersection of open sets is an open set.
- The set and the empty set are open sets.
Construction
We consider to consist of the open upper half plane , given by all points in the plane such that ; and the x-axis , given by all points in the plane such that . Clearly is given by the union . The open upper half plane has a topology given by the Euclidean metric topology.[1] We extend the topology on to a topology on by adding some additional open sets. These extra sets are of the form , where is a point on the line and is a neighbourhood of in the plane, open with respect to the Euclidean metric (defining the disk radius).[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Steen, L. A.; Seebach, J. A. (1995), Counterexamples in Topology, Dover, pp. 96–97, ISBN 0-486-68735-X
- ^ Steen, L. A.; Seebach, J. A. (1995), Counterexamples in Topology, Dover, p. 3, ISBN 0-486-68735-X