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'{{Short description|Type of topological space}} In [[mathematics]], a '''Lindelöf space'''<ref>Steen & Seebach, p. 19</ref><ref>Willard, Def. 16.5, p. 110</ref> is a [[topological space]] in which every [[open cover]] has a [[countable]] subcover. The Lindelöf property is a weakening of the more commonly used notion of ''[[compactness]]'', which requires the existence of a ''finite'' subcover. A '''{{visible anchor|hereditarily Lindelöf space|Hereditarily Lindelöf space|hereditarily Lindelöf}}'''<ref>Willard, 16E, p. 114</ref> is a topological space such that every subspace of it is Lindelöf. Such a space is sometimes called '''strongly Lindelöf''', but confusingly that terminology is sometimes used with an altogether different meaning.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.math.tugraz.at/~ganster/papers/16.pdf |s2cid = 208002077|title = A note on strongly Lindelöf spaces |website=Technische Universität Graz |year = 1989| last1=Ganster | first1=M. }}</ref> The term ''hereditarily Lindelöf'' is more common and unambiguous. Lindelöf spaces are named after the [[Finland|Finnish]] [[mathematician]] [[Ernst Leonard Lindelöf]]. ==Properties of Lindelöf spaces== * Every [[compact space]], and more generally every [[σ-compact space]], is Lindelöf. In particular, every countable space is Lindelöf. * A Lindelöf space is compact if and only if it is [[countably compact]]. * Every [[second-countable space]] is Lindelöf,<ref>Willard, theorem 16.9, p. 111</ref> but not conversely. For example, there are many compact spaces that are not second-countable. * A [[metric space]] is Lindelöf if and only if it is [[separable space|separable]], and if and only if it is [[second-countable space|second-countable]].<ref>Willard, theorem 16.11, p. 112</ref> * Every [[regular space|regular]] Lindelöf space is [[Normal space|normal]].<ref>Willard, theorem 16.8, p. 111</ref> * Every [[regular space|regular]] Lindelöf space is [[paracompact]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Michael|first=Ernest|date=1953|title=A note on paracompact spaces|journal=[[Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society]]|volume=4|issue=5|pages=831–838|doi=10.1090/S0002-9939-1953-0056905-8|doi-access=free|mr=0056905}}</ref> * A countable union of Lindelöf subspaces of a topological space is Lindelöf. * Every closed subspace of a Lindelöf space is Lindelöf.<ref>Willard, theorem 16.6, p. 110</ref> Consequently, every [[F-sigma set|F_σ set]] in a Lindelöf space is Lindelöf. * Arbitrary subspaces of a Lindelöf space need not be Lindelöf.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dantopology.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/examples-of-lindelof-spaces-that-are-not-hereditarily-lindelof/|title=Examples of Lindelof Spaces that are not Hereditarily Lindelof|date=15 April 2012}}</ref> * The continuous image of a Lindelöf space is Lindelöf.<ref>Willard, theorem 16.6, p. 110</ref> * The product of a Lindelöf space and a compact space is Lindelöf.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dantopology.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/the-tube-lemma/|title=The Tube Lemma|date=2 May 2011}}</ref> * The product of a Lindelöf space and a [[sigma compact space|σ-compact space]] is Lindelöf. This is a corollary to the previous property. * The product of two Lindelöf spaces need not be Lindelöf. For example, the [[Sorgenfrey line]] <math>S</math> is Lindelöf, but the [[Sorgenfrey plane]] <math>S \times S</math> is not Lindelöf.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dantopology.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/a-note-on-the-sorgenfrey-line|title = A Note on the Sorgenfrey Line|date = 27 September 2009}}</ref> * In a Lindelöf space, every [[locally finite collection|locally finite]] family of nonempty subsets is at most countable. ==Properties of hereditarily Lindelöf spaces== * A space is hereditarily Lindelöf if and only if every open subspace of it is Lindelöf.<ref>Engelking, 3.8.A(b), p. 194</ref> * Hereditarily Lindelöf spaces are closed under taking countable unions, subspaces, and continuous images. * A regular Lindelöf space is hereditarily Lindelöf if and only if it is [[perfectly normal space|perfectly normal]].<ref>Engelking, 3.8.A(c), p. 194</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://math.stackexchange.com/a/322506/52912|title=General topology - Another question on hereditarily lindelöf space}}</ref> * Every [[second-countable space]] is hereditarily Lindelöf. * Every countable space is hereditarily Lindelöf. * Every [[Suslin space]] is hereditarily Lindelöf. * Every [[Radon measure]] on a hereditarily Lindelöf space is moderated. ==Example: the Sorgenfrey plane is not Lindelöf== The [[product space|product]] of Lindelöf spaces is not necessarily Lindelöf. The usual example of this is the [[Sorgenfrey plane]] <math>\mathbb{S},</math> which is the product of the [[real line]] <math>\Reals</math> under the [[half-open interval topology]] with itself. [[Open set]]s in the Sorgenfrey plane are unions of half-open rectangles that include the south and west edges and omit the north and east edges, including the northwest, northeast, and southeast corners. The '''antidiagonal''' of <math>\mathbb{S}</math> is the set of points <math>(x, y)</math> such that <math>x + y = 0.</math> Consider the [[open covering]] of <math>\mathbb{S}</math> which consists of: # The set of all rectangles <math>(-\infty, x) \times (-\infty,y),</math> where <math>(x, y)</math> is on the antidiagonal. # The set of all rectangles <math>[x, +\infty) \times [y,+\infty),</math> where <math>(x, y)</math> is on the antidiagonal. The thing to notice here is that each point on the antidiagonal is contained in exactly one set of the covering, so all the (uncountably many) sets of item (2) above are needed. Another way to see that <math>S</math> is not Lindelöf is to note that the antidiagonal defines a closed and [[uncountable]] [[discrete space|discrete]] subspace of <math>S.</math> This subspace is not Lindelöf, and so the whole space cannot be Lindelöf either (as closed subspaces of Lindelöf spaces are also Lindelöf). ==Generalisation== The following definition generalises the definitions of compact and Lindelöf: a topological space is <math>\kappa</math>''-compact'' (or <math>\kappa</math>''-Lindelöf''), where <math>\kappa</math> is any [[cardinal number|cardinal]], if every open [[cover (topology)|cover]] has a subcover of cardinality ''strictly'' less than <math>\kappa</math>. Compact is then <math>\aleph_0</math>-compact and Lindelöf is then <math>\aleph_1</math>-compact. The ''{{visible anchor|Lindelöf degree}}'', or ''Lindelöf number'' <math>l(X),</math> is the smallest cardinal <math>\kappa</math> such that every open cover of the space <math>X</math> has a subcover of size at most <math>\kappa.</math> In this notation, <math>X</math> is Lindelöf if <math>l(X) = \aleph_0.</math> The Lindelöf number as defined above does not distinguish between compact spaces and Lindelöf non-compact spaces. Some authors gave the name ''Lindelöf number'' to a different notion: the smallest cardinal <math>\kappa</math> such that every open cover of the space <math>X</math> has a subcover of size strictly less than <math>\kappa.</math><ref>Mary Ellen Rudin, Lectures on set theoretic topology, Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, American Mathematical Society, 1975, p. 4, retrievable on Google Books [https://books.google.com/books?id=_LiqC3Y3kmsC&dq=%22between+compact+and+lindel%C3%B6f%22&pg=PA4]</ref> In this latter (and less used) sense the Lindelöf number is the smallest cardinal <math>\kappa</math> such that a topological space <math>X</math> is <math>\kappa</math>-compact. This notion is sometimes also called the ''{{visible anchor|compactness degree}}'' of the space <math>X.</math><ref>{{cite journal | last = Hušek | first = Miroslav | doi = 10.1007/BF01124977 | doi-access = free | journal = [[Mathematische Zeitschrift]] | mr = 0244947 | pages = 123–126 | title = The class of ''k''-compact spaces is simple | volume = 110 | year = 1969| issue = 2 | s2cid = 120212653 }}.</ref> ==See also== * {{annotated link|Axioms of countability}} * {{annotated link|Lindelöf's lemma}} ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==References== * Engelking, Ryszard, ''General Topology'', Heldermann Verlag Berlin, 1989. {{ISBN|3-88538-006-4}} * {{cite book | author=I. Juhász | title=Cardinal functions in topology - ten years later | publisher=Math. Centre Tracts, Amsterdam | year=1980 | isbn=90-6196-196-3}} * {{cite book | last=Munkres | first=James | author-link=James Munkres | title=Topology, 2nd ed.}} * {{Cite book | last1=Steen | first1=Lynn Arthur | author1-link=Lynn Arthur Steen | last2=Seebach | first2=J. Arthur Jr. | author2-link=J. Arthur Seebach, Jr. | title=[[Counterexamples in Topology]] | orig-date=1978 | publisher=[[Springer-Verlag]] | location=Berlin, New York | edition=[[Dover Publications|Dover]] reprint of 1978 | isbn=978-0-486-68735-3 | mr=507446 | year=1995}} * Willard, Stephen. ''General Topology'', Dover Publications (2004) {{ISBN|0-486-43479-6}} == Further reading == * https://dantopology.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/when-is-a-lindelof-space-normal/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindelof space}} [[Category:Compactness (mathematics)]] [[Category:General topology]] [[Category:Properties of topological spaces]]'