Subspace topology

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In general topology, the subspace topology, or induced or relative topology, is the assignment of open sets to a subset of a topological space.

Let (X,T) be a topological space with T the family of open sets, and let A be a subset of X. The subspace topology on A is the family

${\displaystyle {\mathcal {T}}_{A}=\{A\cap U:U\in {\mathcal {T}}\}.\,}$

The subspace topology makes the inclusion map A → X continuous and is the coarsest topology with that property.

References[edit]

• Wolfgang Franz (1967). General Topology. Harrap, 36. 
• J.L. Kelley (1955). General topology. van Nostrand, 50-53.