Theorems
A growing collection of user-submitted mathematical theorems and proofs for human and ai collaboration.
Euclidean Open Box Criterion in
theoremthm:euclidean-open-box-criterion-rn-2026aTopologyMultivariable CalculusLet and let . Then is open in the Euclidean sense if and only if for every point there exists a real number such that every point satisfying…- Let satisfy . Then the interval from the interval definition is compact in , where is regarded as a topological space through the topology determined by the Euclidean distance.
- Let . For each index , let satisfy . The subset is called the closed box in determined by the…
Euclidean Openness Agrees with Metric Openness on
theoremthm:euclidean-open-iff-metric-open-rn-2026aTopologyMultivariable CalculusLet , let , and let be the Euclidean distance on . Then is open in the Euclidean sense if and only if is open in the metric space .Euclidean Distance is a Metric on
theoremthm:euclidean-distance-is-metric-rn-2026aTopologyMultivariable CalculusLet . Then the Euclidean distance is a metric on .- Let . Consider the set appearing in the definition of open subsets of Euclidean space. For points in , define where den…
- Let be a set, let be a metric on , and let be the collection of all subsets that are open in the metric space . Then is a topological space.
- Let be a metric space, and let . We say that is bounded in if there exist a point and a real number such that for every .
- Let be a metric space, and let . We say that is open in the metric space if for every point there exists a real number such that where is the open ball with center and radius .
- Let be a metric space, let , and let satisfy . The open ball in with center and radius is the subset
- Let be a set, and let . We say that is a metric on if for every the following conditions hold. 1. . 2. if and only if . 3. . 4. . If is a metric on , t…
Compact Subset Criterion via Open Covers in the Ambient Space
theoremthm:compact-subset-open-cover-criterion-2026aTopologyLet be a topological space, and let . Then the following are equivalent. 1. The subset is compact in . 2. For every open cover of in , there exist a natural number and elements s…Open Cover and Subcover of a Subset of a Topological Space
definitiondef:open-cover-subcover-topological-space-2026aTopologyLet be a topological space, let , let be a set, and let be a family of subsets of . We say that is an open cover of in if the following two conditions hold. 1. For every , one has…Family and Subfamily of Subsets of a Set
definitiondef:family-subfamily-subsets-set-2026aTopologySet TheoryLet be a set, let be a set, and suppose that for each element a subset is specified. The collection is called a family of subsets of indexed by . If , then the collection is called the subfa…Complement of a Subset Relative to a Set
definitiondef:complement-subset-relative-set-2026aTopologySet TheoryLet be a set, and let . The complement of relative to is the subset of defined by- Let and be topological spaces. Suppose that both and are compact. Then is compact when equipped with the product topology.
Continuous Image of a Compact Space is Compact
theoremthm:continuous-image-compact-is-compact-2026aTopologyLet and be topological spaces, and let be a continuous map. If is compact, then the image is compact in .Closed Subset of a Compact Space is Compact
theoremthm:closed-subset-compact-is-compact-2026aTopologyLet be a topological space that is compact, and let be closed. Then is compact in , in the sense of the definition of compact subset.- Let be a topological space. We say that is compact if for every set and every family of subsets of such that for every and there exist a natural number…
- Let and be topological spaces. The product topology on the Cartesian product is the collection of all subsets with the following property: for every point , there exist sets…