Zulip Chat Archive
Stream: maths
Topic: Who came up with group filter bases?
Sebastian Monnet (May 11 2022 at 16:08):
The structure group_filter_basis
in Lean was written by @Patrick Massot. The general reference for topology/algebra/filter_basis
is "General Topology" by Bourbaki, but I haven't been able to find mention of group filter bases in there - I've also looked for the same structure under a different name, but obviously it's difficult to do that without reading the whole book. Was Massot the first person to write down explicitly the axioms of a group filter basis, or are they somewhere in Bourbaki/elsewhere?
Patrick Massot (May 11 2022 at 17:08):
It is very explicitly in Bourbaki
Patrick Massot (May 11 2022 at 17:11):
General topology, chapter 3, Section 1.2
Patrick Massot (May 11 2022 at 17:12):
Proposition 1
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