On the Structure of Topological Spaces

The structure of topological spaces is analysed here through the lenses of fibrous preorders. Each topological space has an associated fibrous preorder and those fibrous preorders which return a topological space are called spatial. A special class of spatial fibrous preorders consisting of an inter...

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Main Author: Nelson Martins-Ferreira
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/11/2/49
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description The structure of topological spaces is analysed here through the lenses of fibrous preorders. Each topological space has an associated fibrous preorder and those fibrous preorders which return a topological space are called spatial. A special class of spatial fibrous preorders consisting of an interconnected family of preorders indexed by a unitary magma is called Cartesian and is studied here. Topological spaces that are obtained from those fibrous preorders, with a unitary magma <i>I</i>, are called <i>I</i>-Cartesian and are characterized. The characterization reveals a hidden structure on such spaces. Several other characterizations are obtained, and special attention is drawn to the case of a monoid equipped with a topology. A wide range of examples is provided, as well as general procedures to obtain topologies from other data types such as groups and their actions. Metric spaces and normed spaces are considered as well.
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spelling doaj.art-e45c6615a6d74c998beba77ec893dc042023-11-23T18:46:50ZengMDPI AGAxioms2075-16802022-01-011124910.3390/axioms11020049On the Structure of Topological SpacesNelson Martins-Ferreira0School of Technology and Management, Politécnico de Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, PortugalThe structure of topological spaces is analysed here through the lenses of fibrous preorders. Each topological space has an associated fibrous preorder and those fibrous preorders which return a topological space are called spatial. A special class of spatial fibrous preorders consisting of an interconnected family of preorders indexed by a unitary magma is called Cartesian and is studied here. Topological spaces that are obtained from those fibrous preorders, with a unitary magma <i>I</i>, are called <i>I</i>-Cartesian and are characterized. The characterization reveals a hidden structure on such spaces. Several other characterizations are obtained, and special attention is drawn to the case of a monoid equipped with a topology. A wide range of examples is provided, as well as general procedures to obtain topologies from other data types such as groups and their actions. Metric spaces and normed spaces are considered as well.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/11/2/49preorderfibrous preorderspatial fibrous preorderCartesian spatial fibrous preordertopological spacetopological group
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On the Structure of Topological Spaces
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fibrous preorder
spatial fibrous preorder
Cartesian spatial fibrous preorder
topological space
topological group
title On the Structure of Topological Spaces
title_full On the Structure of Topological Spaces
title_fullStr On the Structure of Topological Spaces
title_full_unstemmed On the Structure of Topological Spaces
title_short On the Structure of Topological Spaces
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fibrous preorder
spatial fibrous preorder
Cartesian spatial fibrous preorder
topological space
topological group
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