Compactly generated space

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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 topological space is said to be compactly generated if the topology on it is generated by a collection of compact subsets. In other words, a set in the topological space is open if and only if its intersection with each of the compact subsets is open, in the subspace topology.

Relation with other properties

Stronger properties

Metaproperties