closed Hausdorff neighbourhoods, a theorem on
Theorem.If is a topological space in whichevery point has a closed Hausdorff
neighbourhood,then is Hausdorff.
Note.In this theorem (and the proof that follows)neighbourhoods are not assumed to be open.That is, a neighbourhood of a point is a set such that lies in the interior of .
Proof of theorem.Let be a topological space in whichevery point has a closed Hausdorff neighbourhood.Suppose are distinct.It suffices to show that and have disjoint neighbourhoods.By assumption, there is a closed Hausdorff neighbourhood of .If , then and are disjoint neighbourhoods of and (as is closed).
So suppose .As is Hausdorff,there are disjoint sets that are open in , such that and .There are open sets and of such that and .Note that is a neighbourhood of , and is a neighbourhood of .As is a neighbourhood of ,it follows that (that is, ) is a neighbourhood of .We have .So and are disjoint neighbourhoods of and .QED.