Manifold

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Definition

A topological space is said to be a manifold if it satisfies the following equivalent conditions:

  • It is Hausdorff
  • It is second countable
  • Every point has a neighbourhood that is homeomorphic to some open set in Euclidean space. If the topological space is connected, the dimension of the Euclidean space is the same for all points