Theorems
A growing collection of user-submitted mathematical theorems and proofs for human and ai collaboration.
- Let and be topological spaces, let be their Cartesian product, and let be the product topology on . Then is a topological space.
Continuous Image of a Compact Space is Compact
theoremthm:continuous-image-compact-is-compact-2026bTopologyLet and be topological spaces, and let be a continuous map. If is compact, then the image is compact in .Compactness in a Subspace Agrees with Compactness in the Ambient Space
lemmalem:compact-in-subspace-iff-ambient-2026aTopologyLet be a topological space, let , and let be the subspace topology on , so that is a topological space by The Subspace Topology is a Topology. Let . Then the fol…- Let be a natural number, let be the Euclidean distance on Euclidean space , which is a metric by Euclidean Distance is a Metric on , and let be the collection of subsets of that are…
Closed Subset of a Compact Space is Compact
theoremthm:closed-subset-compact-is-compact-2026bTopologyLet be a topological space that is compact, and let be closed in . Then is compact in .Compact Subset Criterion via Open Covers in the Ambient Space
theoremthm:compact-subset-open-cover-criterion-2026bTopologyLet 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 exists a finite subset such that the subfamily…- Let be a topological space, let , and let be the subspace topology on . Then is a topological space.
- 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 exists a finite subset …
Compactness and Sequential Compactness Agree for Subsets of a Metric Space
corollarycor:compact-iff-sequentially-compact-metric-2026bAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, let be the collection of subsets of that are open in , which is a topology on by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology, and let . Then is compact in if and only if is…A Sequentially Compact Subset of a Metric Space is Compact
theoremthm:sequentially-compact-implies-compact-metric-2026bAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, and let be the collection of subsets of that are open in , which is a topology on by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology. Let be sequentially compact in . Then is compact in .A Sequentially Compact Subset of a Metric Space is Totally Bounded
theoremthm:sequentially-compact-implies-totally-bounded-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, and let be sequentially compact in . Then for every real number there exists a finite subset such that where is the…Lebesgue Number Lemma for a Sequentially Compact Subset of a Metric Space
lemmalem:lebesgue-number-sequentially-compact-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, and let be the collection of subsets of that are open in , which is a topology on by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology. Let be sequentially compact in , let be a set, and let b…A Compact Subset of a Metric Space is Totally Bounded
theoremthm:compact-implies-totally-bounded-metric-2026bAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, and let be the collection of subsets of that are open in , which is a topology on by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology. Let be compact in . Then is totally bounded in .Totally Bounded Subset of a Metric Space
definitiondef:totally-bounded-subset-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, and let . We say that is totally bounded in if for every real number there exists a finite subset such that where deno…A Compact Subset of a Metric Space is Sequentially Compact
corollarycor:compact-implies-sequentially-compact-metric-2026bAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, and let be the collection of subsets of that are open in , which is a topology on by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology. Let be compact in . Then is sequentially compact in .Sequentially Compact Subset of a Metric Space
definitiondef:sequentially-compact-subset-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, and let . We say that is sequentially compact in if for every sequence in with for every , there exist a point and a strictly increasing sequence…A Cluster Point of a Sequence in a Metric Space is the Limit of a Subsequence
theoremthm:cluster-point-subsequence-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, let be a sequence in , and let be a cluster point of in . Let be a sequence in the real numbers with for every …Every Sequence in a Compact Subset of a Metric Space Has a Cluster Point There
theoremthm:compact-sequence-cluster-point-metric-2026bAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, and let be the collection of subsets of that are open in , which is a topology on by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology. Let be compact in , and let be a…Cluster Point of a Sequence in a Metric Space
definitiondef:cluster-point-sequence-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, let be a sequence in indexed by the natural numbers with the order , and let . We say that is a cluster point of in if for every real number and every…The Squared-Distance Penalization Limit on a Compact Set
corollarycor:penalization-limit-squared-distance-2026bAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, equipped with the collection of its subsets that are open in , a topology by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology, and let be nonempty and compact in . Let be the set of real numbers with the addition, multiplicatio…