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The Finite Intersection Property of a Compact Set

If every finite subfamily of a family of closed sets meets a compact set K in a common point, then the whole family meets K in a common point.

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In the setting of Metric Spaces: Balls, the Metric Topology, and the Real and Complex Numbers as Metric Spaces and Routine Facts, Continued: Typed Arithmetic, Maps and Predicativity, let (X,T)(X,\mathcal{T}) be a topological space, let K⊆XK\subseteq X be compact in (X,T)(X,\mathcal{T}), let II be a nonempty set, and let (Fi)i∈I(F_{i})_{i\in I} be a family of subsets of XX, each closed in (X,T)(X,\mathcal{T}). For nonempty J⊆IJ\subseteq I, ⋂i∈JFi\bigcap_{i\in J}F_{i} is the intersection of the family (Fi)i∈J(F_{i})_{i\in J}.

Finite intersections. If

K∩⋂i∈JFi≠∅K\cap\bigcap_{i\in J}F_{i}\neq\emptyset

for every nonempty finite subset JJ of II, then

K∩⋂i∈IFi≠∅.K\cap\bigcap_{i\in I}F_{i}\neq\emptyset.

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