Sober space
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Definition
Symbol-free definition
A topological space is said to be sober if the only irreducible closed subsets are the closures of one-point sets.
Relation with other properties
Stronger properties
| Property | Meaning | Proof of implication | Proof of strictness (reverse implication failure) | Intermediate notions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hausdorff space | any two distinct points can be separated by disjoint open subsets | Hausdorff implies sober | Sober T0 space, Sober T1 space|FULL LIST, MORE INFO | |
| sober T1 space | the irreducible closed subsets are precisely the singleton subsets | Sober T0 space|FULL LIST, MORE INFO | ||
| compact sober T1 space | compact and sober T1 | Sober T1 space|FULL LIST, MORE INFO | ||
| sober T0 space | sober and a Kolmogorov space (T0 space): any two points are topologically distinguishable | |FULL LIST, MORE INFO | ||
| compact sober T0 space | compact, sober, and T0. Spaces that arise via Zariski topology on the prime spectrum of a commutative unital ring are of this kind, but very rarely Hausdorff | Sober T1 space|FULL LIST, MORE INFO |