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===Stronger properties===
===Stronger properties===


* [[Completely metrizable space]]
* [[Weaker than::Completely metrizable space]]
* [[sub-Euclidean space]]
* [[Weaker than::sub-Euclidean space]]
* [[closed sub-Euclidean space]]
* [[Weaker than::closed sub-Euclidean space]]
* [[Manifold]]
* [[Weaker than::Manifold]]
===Weaker properties===
===Weaker properties===


* [[Ordered field-metrizable space]]
* [[Stronger than::Ordered field-metrizable space]]
* [[Elastic space]]
* [[Stronger than::Elastic space]]
* [[Monotonically normal space]]: {{proofat|[[Metrizable implies monotonically normal]]}}
* [[Stronger than::Monotonically normal space]]: {{proofat|[[Metrizable implies monotonically normal]]}}
* [[Perfectly normal space]]
** [[Stronger than::Collectionwise normal space]]: {{proofat|[[Metrizable implies collectionwise normal]]}}
* [[Regular Lindelof space]]
** [[Stronger than::Collectionwise Hausdorff space]]: {{proofat|[[Metrizable implies collectionwise Hausdorff]]}}
* [[Paracompact Hausdorff space]]
* [[Stronger than::Perfectly normal space]]
* [[Normal space]]
* [[Stronger than::Regular Lindelof space]]
* [[Stronger than::Paracompact Hausdorff space]]
* [[Stronger than::Normal space]]
** [[Stronger than::Regular space]]
** [[Stronger than::Hausdorff space]]


==Metaproperties==
==Metaproperties==

Revision as of 15:09, 13 May 2009

This article defines a property of topological space that is pivotal (viz important) among currently studied properties of topological spaces


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Definition

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A topological space is said to be metrizable if it occurs as the underlying topological space of a metric space.

Relation with other properties

Stronger properties

Weaker properties

Metaproperties

Hereditariness

This property of topological spaces is hereditary, or subspace-closed. In other words, any subspace (subset with the subspace topology) of a topological space with this property also has this property.
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Any subspace of a metrizable space is metrizable. In fact, the subspace topology coincides with the topology induced from the metric obtained on the subset ,by restricting the metric from the whole space.

Products

This property of topological spaces is closed under taking finite products

A finite product of metrizable spaces is again metrizable. In fact, we can take the metric as, say, the sum of metric distances in each coordinate. More generally, we could use any of the Lp-norms (1p) to combine the individual metrics.

References

Textbook references

  • Topology (2nd edition) by James R. MunkresMore info, Page 120, Chapter 2, Section 20 (formal definition, along with metric space)