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==Facts==
Any two uncountable Polish spaces are Borel-isomorphic, and hence, have the cardinality of the continuum.
{{further|[[Borel isomorphism theorem]]}}

Latest revision as of 19:57, 11 May 2008

This article defines a property of topological spaces: a property that can be evaluated to true/false for any topological space|View a complete list of properties of topological spaces

Definition

A Polish space is a separable completely metrizable topological space.

Relation with other properties

Weaker properties

Facts

Any two uncountable Polish spaces are Borel-isomorphic, and hence, have the cardinality of the continuum.

Further information: Borel isomorphism theorem