collectionwise normal
A Hausdorff topological space is called collectionwise normal if any discrete collection of sets in can be covered by a pairwise-disjoint collection of open sets such that each covers just one . This is equivalent
to requiring the same property for any discrete collection of closed sets
.
A Hausdorff topological space is called countably collectionwise normal if any countable discrete collection of sets in can be covered by a pairwise-disjoint collection of open sets such that each covers just one . This is equivalent to requiring the same property for any countable discrete collection of closed sets.
Any metrizable space is collectionwise normal.
References
- 1 Steen, Lynn Arthur and Seebach, J. Arthur, Counterexamples in Topology, Dover Books, 1995.