Weight of a topological space
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
The smallest cardinal number which is the cardinality of an open base of the topological space. The weight, together with the cardinality, is the most important cardinal invariant of a topological space.
Comments
Cf. also Cardinal characteristic.
References
| [a1] | A.V. Arkhangel'skii, "Topological function spaces" , Kluwer (1991) (Translated from Russian) |
| [a2] | I. Juhász, "Cardinal functions in topology" , North-Holland (1971) |
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Weight of a topological space. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Weight_of_a_topological_space&oldid=32844
Weight of a topological space. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Weight_of_a_topological_space&oldid=32844
This article was adapted from an original article by P.S. Aleksandrov (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article