\magnification 2100 \parindent 0pt \parskip 10pt \pageno=31 %%\hoffset -0.2truein %%\hsize 7.1truein \vsize 9.7truein \def\u{\vskip -10pt} \def\s{\vskip -5pt} \def\v{\vskip -9pt} Mathematics Colloquium Thursday 3:30pm in 114 MLH \hfil \break Mike Williams, UCSB: 3-Manifolds and surface decompositions 26. Compact Sets (continued) Defn: A collection {\cal C} is said to have the {\bf finite intersection property} if for every finite subcollection \break $\{C_1, ..., C_n\} \subset {\cal C}$, $\cap_{i = 1}^n C_i \not= \emptyset$. \vfill Example 1: $\{(-n, n) ~|~ n = 1, 2, 3, ... \}$ has/does not have finite intersection property. \vfill Example 2: $\{(n, n + 2) ~|~ n \in {\cal Z} \}$ has/does not have finite intersection property. \vfill Example 3: $\{(0, {1 \over n}) ~|~ n = 1, 2, 3, ... \}$ has/does not have finite intersection property. \vfill Thm 26.9: $X$ is compact if and only if for every collection ${\cal C}$ of closed sets in $X$ having the finite intersection property, $\cap_{C \in {\cal C}} C \not= \emptyset$. \eject 27: Compact subspaces of the real line. Thm 27.1: Let $X$ be a simply ordered set with the lub property. If $X$ has the order topology, then $[a, b]$ is compact. Cor: $[a, b] \subset {\bf R}$ is compact. $\Pi_{i = 1}^n [a_i, b_i] \subset {\bf R}^n$ is compact. Thm 27.3: A subspace $A$ of $R^n$ (with standard topology) is compact if and only if it is closed and bounded in the euclidean or square metric. \end 30. Countability Axioms Defn: $X$ is said to have a {\bf countable basis at the point $x$} if there exists a countable collection ${\cal B} = \{B_n ~|~ n \in Z_+\}$ of neighborhoods of $x$ such that if $x \in U^{open}$ implies there exists a $B_i \in {\cal B}$ such that $B_i \subset U$. Defn: $X$ is {\bf first countable} if $X$ has a countable basis at each of its points. Defn: A space is second countable if it has a countable basis. Defn: $A \subset X$ is dense in $X$ is $\overline{A} = X$. 31. Separation Axioms Defn: $X$ is {\bf regular} if one-point sets are closed in $X$ and if for all closed sets $B$ and for all points $x \not\in B$, there exist disjoint open sets, U, V, such that $x \in U$ and $B \subset V$. Defn: $X$ is {\bf normal} if one-point sets are closed in $X$ and if for all pairs of disjoint closed sets $A, ~B$, there exist disjoint open sets, U, V, such that $A \subset U$ and $B \subset V$. Normal implies regular implies Hausdorff implies $T_1$. Thm 32.3: Every compact Hausdorff space is normal. HW (choose 3 - 4): p. 170: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, p. 199: 8* \end