If a collection of closed sets of arbitrary cardinality in a metric space has empty intersection, does some...
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In this question I claim that every nested sequence of bounded closed subsets of a metric space has nonempty intersection if and only if the space has the Heine-Borel property. However, there's something that can throw a wrench in the proof: what if it is possible for there to be an uncountable collection of closed subsets with empty intersection such that every countable subcollection has nonempty intersection?
Is this possible in a metric space?
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In this question I claim that every nested sequence of bounded closed subsets of a metric space has nonempty intersection if and only if the space has the Heine-Borel property. However, there's something that can throw a wrench in the proof: what if it is possible for there to be an uncountable collection of closed subsets with empty intersection such that every countable subcollection has nonempty intersection?
Is this possible in a metric space?
general-topology metric-spaces
asked 5 hours ago
Matt SamuelMatt Samuel
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In this question I claim that every nested sequence of bounded closed subsets of a metric space has nonempty intersection if and only if the space has the Heine-Borel property. However, there's something that can throw a wrench in the proof: what if it is possible for there to be an uncountable collection of closed subsets with empty intersection such that every countable subcollection has nonempty intersection?
Is this possible in a metric space?
general-topology metric-spaces
asked 5 hours ago
Matt SamuelMatt Samuel
38.3k63768
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In this question I claim that every nested sequence of bounded closed subsets of a metric space has nonempty intersection if and only if the space has the Heine-Borel property. However, there's something that can throw a wrench in the proof: what if it is possible for there to be an uncountable collection of closed subsets with empty intersection such that every countable subcollection has nonempty intersection?
Is this possible in a metric space?
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Let $X$ be an uncountable set endowed with the discrete metric. Then the family ${Xsetminus{x},|,xin X}$ is an uncountable family of closed subsets with empty intersection. But no countable subfamily has that property.
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José Carlos SantosJosé Carlos Santos
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Of course. Thank you.
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I'm glad I could help.
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The property that "if a family of closed sets has an empty intersection, then there is a countable subfamily with empty intersection", has a name. It's called Lindelöf. In a metric space this is equivalent to having a countable dense subset (separable), and many other such countability properties.
Hence Santos' example was the standard example of a non-separable metric space.
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Let $X$ be an uncountable set endowed with the discrete metric. Then the family ${Xsetminus{x},|,xin X}$ is an uncountable family of closed subsets with empty intersection. But no countable subfamily has that property.
answered 5 hours ago
José Carlos SantosJosé Carlos Santos
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Of course. Thank you.
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– Matt Samuel
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I'm glad I could help.
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Let $X$ be an uncountable set endowed with the discrete metric. Then the family ${Xsetminus{x},|,xin X}$ is an uncountable family of closed subsets with empty intersection. But no countable subfamily has that property.
answered 5 hours ago
José Carlos SantosJosé Carlos Santos
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Of course. Thank you.
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– Matt Samuel
4 hours ago
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I'm glad I could help.
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– José Carlos Santos
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Let $X$ be an uncountable set endowed with the discrete metric. Then the family ${Xsetminus{x},|,xin X}$ is an uncountable family of closed subsets with empty intersection. But no countable subfamily has that property.
answered 5 hours ago
José Carlos SantosJosé Carlos Santos
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Let $X$ be an uncountable set endowed with the discrete metric. Then the family ${Xsetminus{x},|,xin X}$ is an uncountable family of closed subsets with empty intersection. But no countable subfamily has that property.
answered 5 hours ago
José Carlos SantosJosé Carlos Santos
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answered 5 hours ago
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answered 5 hours ago
José Carlos SantosJosé Carlos Santos
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answered 5 hours ago
José Carlos SantosJosé Carlos Santos
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Of course. Thank you.
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– Matt Samuel
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I'm glad I could help.
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Of course. Thank you.
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– Matt Samuel
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I'm glad I could help.
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– José Carlos Santos
4 hours ago
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Of course. Thank you.
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– Matt Samuel
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Of course. Thank you.
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– Matt Samuel
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I'm glad I could help.
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I'm glad I could help.
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The property that "if a family of closed sets has an empty intersection, then there is a countable subfamily with empty intersection", has a name. It's called Lindelöf. In a metric space this is equivalent to having a countable dense subset (separable), and many other such countability properties.
Hence Santos' example was the standard example of a non-separable metric space.
answered 3 hours ago
Henno BrandsmaHenno Brandsma
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The property that "if a family of closed sets has an empty intersection, then there is a countable subfamily with empty intersection", has a name. It's called Lindelöf. In a metric space this is equivalent to having a countable dense subset (separable), and many other such countability properties.
Hence Santos' example was the standard example of a non-separable metric space.
answered 3 hours ago
Henno BrandsmaHenno Brandsma
109k347114
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The property that "if a family of closed sets has an empty intersection, then there is a countable subfamily with empty intersection", has a name. It's called Lindelöf. In a metric space this is equivalent to having a countable dense subset (separable), and many other such countability properties.
Hence Santos' example was the standard example of a non-separable metric space.
answered 3 hours ago
Henno BrandsmaHenno Brandsma
109k347114
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The property that "if a family of closed sets has an empty intersection, then there is a countable subfamily with empty intersection", has a name. It's called Lindelöf. In a metric space this is equivalent to having a countable dense subset (separable), and many other such countability properties.
Hence Santos' example was the standard example of a non-separable metric space.
answered 3 hours ago
Henno BrandsmaHenno Brandsma
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Henno BrandsmaHenno Brandsma
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