In topology, a branch of mathematics, an extension topology is a topology placed on the disjoint union of a topological space and another set. There are various types of extension topology, described in the sections below.
Let X be a topological space and P a set disjoint from X. Consider in X ⪠P the topology whose open sets are of the form A ⪠Q, where A is an open set of X and Q is a subset of P.
The closed sets of X ⪠P are of the form B ⪠Q, where B is a closed set of X and Q is a subset of P.
For these reasons this topology is called the extension topology of X plus P, with which one extends to X ⪠P the open and the closed sets of X. As subsets of X ⪠P the subspace topology of X is the original topology of X, while the subspace topology of P is the discrete topology. As a topological space, X ⪠P is homeomorphic to the topological sum of X and P, and X is a clopen subset of X ⪠P.
If Y is a topological space and R is a subset of Y, one might ask whether the extension topology of Y â R plus R is the same as the original topology of Y, and the answer is in general no.
Note the similarity of this extension topology construction and the Alexandroff one-point compactification, in which case, having a topological space X which one wishes to compactify by adding a point â in infinity, one considers the closed sets of X ⪠{âÂÂ} to be the sets of the form K, where K is a closed compact set of X, or B ⪠{âÂÂ}, where B is a closed set of X.
Let be a topological space and a set disjoint from . The open extension topology of plus is Let . Then is a topology in . The subspace topology of ' is the original topology of ', i.e. , while the subspace topology of ' is the discrete topology, i.e. .
The closed sets in are . Note that ' is closed in and ' is open and dense in .
If Y a topological space and R is a subset of Y, one might ask whether the open extension topology of Y â R plus R is the same as the original topology of Y, and the answer is in general no.
Note that the open extension topology of is smaller than the extension topology of .
Assuming ' and ' are not empty to avoid trivialities, here are a few general properties of the open extension topology:
For a set Z and a point p in Z, one obtains the excluded point topology construction by considering in Z the discrete topology and applying the open extension topology construction to Z â {p} plus p.
Let X be a topological space and P a set disjoint from X. Consider in X ⪠P the topology whose closed sets are of the form X ⪠Q, where Q is a subset of P, or B, where B is a closed set of X.
For this reason this topology is called the closed extension topology of X plus P, with which one extends to X ⪠P the closed sets of X. As subsets of X ⪠P the subspace topology of X is the original topology of X, while the subspace topology of P is the discrete topology.
The open sets of X ⪠P are of the form Q, where Q is a subset of P, or A ⪠P, where A is an open set of X. Note that P is open in X ⪠P and X is closed in X ⪠P.
If Y is a topological space and R is a subset of Y, one might ask whether the closed extension topology of Y â R plus R is the same as the original topology of Y, and the answer is in general no.
Note that the closed extension topology of X ⪠P is smaller than the extension topology of X ⪠P.
For a set Z and a point p in Z, one obtains the particular point topology construction by considering in Z the discrete topology and applying the closed extension topology construction to Z â {p} plus p.