equivalent formulations for continuity
Suppose is a function between topological spaces, . Then the following are equivalent
:
- 1.
is continuous
.
- 2.
If is open in , then is open in .
- 3.
If is closed in , then is closed in .
- 4.
for all .
- 5.
If is a net in converging to , then is a net in converging to . The concept of netcan be replaced by the more familiar one of sequence if the spaces and are first countable.
- 6.
Whenever two nets and in converge
to the same point, then and converge to the same point in .
- 7.
If is a filter on that converges to , then is a filter on that converges to . Here, is the filter generated by the filter base .
- 8.
If is any element of a subbase (http://planetmath.org/Subbasis) for the topology of ,then is open in .
- 9.
If is any element of a basis for the topology of , then is open in .
- 10.
If , and is any neighborhood of , then is a neighborhood of .
- 11.
is continuous at every point in .