condensation point
Let be a topological space and . A point is called a condensation point of if every open neighbourhood of contains uncountably many points of .
For example, if and any subset, then any accumulation point of is automatically a condensation point. But if and any subset, then does not have any condensation points at all.
We have further classifications of condensation point where the topological space is an ordered field. Namely,
- 1.
unilateral condensation point: is a condensation point of and there is a positive with either countable
or countable.
- 2.
bilateral condensation point: For all , we have both and uncountable.
If is any cardinal (i.e. an ordinal
which is the least among all ordinals of the same cardinality as itself), then a -condensation point can be defined similarly.