Locally normal space

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In mathematics, particularly topology, a topological space X is locally normal if intuitively it looks locally like a normal space. More precisely, a locally normal space satisfies the property that each point of the space belongs to a neighbourhood of the space that is normal under the subspace topology.

Formal definition[]

A topological space X is said to be locally normal if and only if each point, x, of X has a neighbourhood that is normal under the subspace topology.

Note that not every neighbourhood of x has to be normal, but at least one neighbourhood of x has to be normal (under the subspace topology).

Note however, that if a space were called locally normal if and only if each point of the space belonged to a subset of the space that was normal under the subspace topology, then every topological space would be locally normal. This is because, the singleton {x} is vacuously normal and contains x. Therefore, the definition is more restrictive.

Examples and properties[]

• Every locally normal T1 space is locally regular and locally Hausdorff.
• A locally compact Hausdorff space is always locally normal.
• A normal space is always locally normal.
• A T1 space need not be locally normal as the set of all real numbers endowed with the cofinite topology shows.

See also[]

• Locally Hausdorff space
• Locally compact space
• Locally metrizable space
• Normal space
• Homeomorphism

References[]

Cech, Eduard (1937). "On Bicompact Spaces". The Annals of Mathematics. 38 (4): 823. doi:10.2307/1968839. ISSN 0003-486X.

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