adherent point
Let be a topological space and be a subset. A point is an adherent point for if every open set containing contains at least one point of . A point is an adherent point for if and only if is in the closure
of .
Note that this definition is slightly more general than that of a limit point, in that for a limit point it is required that every open set containing contains at least one point of different from .
References
- 1 L.A. Steen, J.A.Seebach, Jr.,Counterexamples in topology,Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1970.