Excluded point topology

Short description: Topology where a set is open if it doesn't contain a particular point

In mathematics, the excluded point topology is a topology where exclusion of a particular point defines openness. Formally, let X be any non-empty set and p ∈ X. The collection

T={S⊆X:p∉S}∪{X}

of subsets of X is then the excluded point topology on X. There are a variety of cases which are individually named:

* If X has two points, it is called the Sierpiński space. This case is somewhat special and is handled separately.
* If X is finite (with at least 3 points), the topology on X is called the finite excluded point topology
* If X is countably infinite, the topology on X is called the countable excluded point topology
* If X is uncountable, the topology on X is called the uncountable excluded point topology

A generalization is the open extension topology; if X∖{p} has the discrete topology, then the open extension topology on (X∖{p})∪{p} is the excluded point topology.

This topology is used to provide interesting examples and counterexamples.

## Properties

Let X be a space with the excluded point topology with special point p.

The space is compact, as the only neighborhood of p is the whole space.

The topology is an Alexandrov topology. The smallest neighborhood of p is the whole space X; the smallest neighborhood of a point x≠p is the singleton {x}. These smallest neighborhoods are compact. Their closures are respectively X and {x,p}, which are also compact. So the space is locally relatively compact (each point admits a local base of relatively compact neighborhoods) and locally compact in the sense that each point has a local base of compact neighborhoods. But points x≠p do not admit a local base of closed compact neighborhoods.

The space is ultraconnected, as any nonempty closed set contains the point p. Therefore the space is also connected and path-connected.

## See also

* Finite topological space
* Fort space
* List of topologies
* Particular point topology

## References

* Steen, Lynn Arthur; Seebach, J. Arthur Jr. (1995), Counterexamples in Topology (Dover reprint of 1978 ed.), Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-0-486-68735-3

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