Interior of a set
2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 54A [MSN][ZBL]
of a set in a topological space X
The interior, or (open) kernel, of A is the set of all interior points of A: the union of all open sets of X which are subsets of A; a point x \in A is interior if there is a neighbourhood N_x contained in A and containing x. The interior may be denoted A^\circ, \mathrm{Int} A or \langle A \rangle.
The interior of A is the complement in A of the boundary of A. If A and B are mutually complementary sets in a topological space X, that is, if B = X \setminus A, then the interior of A is the complement of the closure of B: X \setminus [A] = \langle B \rangle and X \setminus \langle B \rangle = [ A ].
The interior of a closed set in a topological space X is a regular open or canonical set. Spaces in which the open canonical sets form a base for the topology are called semi-regular. Every regular space is semi-regular.
The terminology "kernel" is seldom used in this context in the modern English mathematical literature.
References
[1] | Franz, Wolfgang. General topology (Harrap, 1967). |
[2] | John L. Kelley, General Topology, Graduate Texts in Mathematics 27, Springer (1975) ISBN 0-387-90125-6 |
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