Is the discrete topology normal?

Discrete space

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This article defines a property of topological spaces: a property that can be evaluated to true/false for any topological space|View a complete list of properties of topological spaces

This is an opposite of compactness

Definition

A discrete space is a topological space satisfying the following equivalent conditions:

  1. It has a basis of open subsets comprising all the singleton subsets
  2. Every singleton subset is an open subset
  3. Every subset is an open subset
  4. Every subset is a closed subset
  5. Every subset is a clopen subset

Given any set, there is a unique topology on it making it into discrete space. This is termed the discrete topology. The discrete topology on a set is the finest possible topology on the set.

Relation with other properties

Weaker properties

PropertyMeaningProof of implicationProof of strictness (reverse implication failure)Intermediate notions
Disconnectedness type
totally disconnected spacethe only connected subsets are singleton subsets
door spaceevery subset is open or closed
submaximal spaceevery subset is locally closed
weakly submaximal spaceevery finite subset is locally closed
zero-dimensional spacehas a basis of clopen subsets
Alexandrov spacearbitrary intersection of open subsets is open
almost discrete spaceAlexandrov and zero-dimensional
extremally disconnected spaceevery regular open subset is closed
Separation type
locally compact space
perfectly normal space
completely normal space
monotonically normal space
completely regular space
regular space
Extra structure type
metrizable space
CW-space
polyhedron

Compactness is the opposite of discreteness in some sense. The only topological spaces that are both discrete and compact are the finite spaces.

Metaproperties

Products

This property of topological spaces is closed under taking arbitrary products
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A (finite?) direct product of discrete spaces is discrete.

Hereditariness

This property of topological spaces is hereditary, or subspace-closed. In other words, any subspace (subset with the subspace topology) of a topological space with this property also has this property.
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Any subspace of a discrete space is discrete under the induced topology.

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