Perfect Sets #
In this file we define perfect subsets of a topological space, and prove some basic properties, including a version of the Cantor-Bendixson Theorem.
Main Definitions #
Perfect C
: A setC
is perfect, meaning it is closed and every point of it is an accumulation point of itself.PerfectSpace X
: A topological spaceX
is perfect if its universe is a perfect set.
Main Statements #
Perfect.splitting
: A perfect nonempty set contains two disjoint perfect nonempty subsets. The main inductive step in the construction of an embedding from the Cantor space to a perfect nonempty complete metric space.exists_countable_union_perfect_of_isClosed
: One version of the Cantor-Bendixson Theorem: A closed set in a second countable space can be written as the union of a countable set and a perfect set.
Implementation Notes #
We do not require perfect sets to be nonempty.
We define a nonstandard predicate, Preperfect
, which drops the closed-ness requirement
from the definition of perfect. In T1 spaces, this is equivalent to having a perfect closure,
see preperfect_iff_perfect_closure
.
See also #
Mathlib.Topology.MetricSpace.Perfect
, for properties of perfect sets in metric spaces,
namely Polish spaces.
References #
- [Kec95] (Chapters 6-7)
Tags #
accumulation point, perfect set, cantor-bendixson.
If x
is an accumulation point of a set C
and U
is a neighborhood of x
,
then x
is an accumulation point of U ∩ C
.
A set C
is preperfect if all of its points are accumulation points of itself.
If C
is nonempty and α
is a T1 space, this is equivalent to the closure of C
being perfect.
See preperfect_iff_perfect_closure
.
Equations
- Preperfect C = ∀ x ∈ C, AccPt x (Filter.principal C)
Instances For
A set C
is called perfect if it is closed and all of its
points are accumulation points of itself.
Note that we do not require C
to be nonempty.
- closed : IsClosed C
- acc : Preperfect C
Instances For
A topological space X
is said to be perfect if its universe is a perfect set.
Equivalently, this means that 𝓝[≠] x ≠ ⊥
for every point x : X
.
- univ_preperfect : Preperfect Set.univ
Instances
The intersection of a preperfect set and an open set is preperfect.
The closure of a preperfect set is perfect.
For a converse, see preperfect_iff_perfect_closure
.
In a T1 space, being preperfect is equivalent to having perfect closure.
Given a perfect nonempty set in a T2.5 space, we can find two disjoint perfect subsets. This is the main inductive step in the proof of the Cantor-Bendixson Theorem.
The Cantor-Bendixson Theorem: Any closed subset of a second countable space can be written as the union of a countable set and a perfect set.
Any uncountable closed set in a second countable space contains a nonempty perfect subset.