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Chap5 Exercise

1. If a Hausdorff space has the property that any two disjoint closed sets can be separated by a continuous function, then the space is normal. 2. If a connected normal space has more than one point, then it must be uncountable. 3. The set of all bounded sequences where terms are 0 or 1 is not separable in the sup metric on l∞, the space of all bounded sequences.

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Chap5 Exercise

1. If a Hausdorff space has the property that any two disjoint closed sets can be separated by a continuous function, then the space is normal. 2. If a connected normal space has more than one point, then it must be uncountable. 3. The set of all bounded sequences where terms are 0 or 1 is not separable in the sup metric on l∞, the space of all bounded sequences.

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Exercises

1. Suppose a Hausdorff topological space (X, J ) has the following property: A and
B are disjoint closed subsets of X implies there exists a continuous function say
fAB : X → [0, 1] such that f (x) = 0 if x ∈ A and f (x) = 1 if x ∈ B then prove
that (X, J ) is a normal space.

2. If (X, J ) is a connected normal space containing more than one point, then
prove that X is an uncountable set. (In particular every connected metric space
containing more than one point is an uncountable set.)

3. Let X = l∞ = {x = (xn ) : {xn }∞


n=1 } is a bounded sequence of real numbers.

For x = (xn ) ∈ l∞ , y = (yn ) ∈ l∞ , let d∞ (x, y) = sup |xn − yn | . Prove (i) d∞


n≥1
is a metric on l∞ , and (ii) Y = {x = (xn ) : xn = 0 or 1 } is not a separable
subspace of l∞ . (Hint: For x = (xn ) ∈ Y, y = (yn ) ∈ Y , x 6= y, d(x, y) = 1.)

4. Prove that every separable metric space (X, d) is a second countable space. (It is
interesting to note that every second countable topological space is separable.)

5. Show that every locally compact Hausdorff space is regular.

6. Prove that a subspace of first countable space is first countable and a subspace
of a second countable space is second countable.

7. Is it true that product of first (second) countable spaces is first (second)


countable? Justify your answer.

8. Prove that every locally compact Hausdorff space (X, J ) is completely regular.

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9. For x, y ∈ R, let d(x, y) = min{d(x, y), 1}, then d is a metric on R that induces
the usual topology on R. Let Rw = {x = (x1 , x2 , . . .) : xn ∈ R, n ∈ N}. For
n o
x = (xn ) ∈ Rw , y = (yn ) ∈ Rw , let d(x, y) = sup d(xnn,yn ) then
(i) prove that d is a metric on Rw ,
(ii) prove that Jd , the topology on Rw induced by the metric d is same as the

product topology on Rw = Π Rn , where Rn = R, with usual topology on R.
n=1

10. Let X, Y be compact normal spaces. Then prove that X × Y is also a compact
normal space.

11. Find all the topologies on X = {1, 2, 3} which are regular.

12. Prove that a T1 -topological space (X, J ) is normal if and only if given any two
disjoint closed sets A, B in X there exist open sets U, V in X such that
(i) A ⊆ U, B ⊆ V and (ii) U ∩ V = φ.

13. Prove that homeomorphic image of a normal space is normal.

14. Can there exists a continuous function f : R2 → [0, 1] such that f (x, y) = 0,
0 ≤ x, y ≤ 1 and f (x, y) = 1, x = 3, 0 ≤ y ≤ 1. Justify your answer.

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