Ultraconnected space

In mathematics, a topological space is said to be ultraconnected if no two nonempty closed sets are disjoint. Equivalently, a space is ultraconnected if and only if the closures of two distinct points always have non trivial intersection. Hence, no T₁ space with more than one point is ultraconnected.

Properties

Every ultraconnected space is path-connected (but not necessarily arc connected). If and are two points of and is a point in the intersection , the function defined by if , and if , is a continuous path between and .

Every ultraconnected space is normal, limit point compact, and pseudocompact.

Examples

The following are examples of ultraconnected topological spaces.

• A set with the indiscrete topology.
• The Sierpiński space.
• A set with the excluded point topology.
• The right order topology on the real line.

See also

• Hyperconnected space

Notes

References

• Lynn Arthur Steen and J. Arthur Seebach, Jr., Counterexamples in Topology. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1978. Reprinted by Dover Publications, New York, 1995. (Dover edition).