A diifficulty in understanding a sentence in a paragraph in Guillemin and Pollack p.77
The paragraph is given below:
But I have a difficulty in understanding the sentence starting in the forth line by "If we furthur ...." until its end, could anyone explain it for me please?
thanks!
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The paragraph is given below:
But I have a difficulty in understanding the sentence starting in the forth line by "If we furthur ...." until its end, could anyone explain it for me please?
thanks!
general-topology differential-topology compactness
asked Dec 8 at 1:49
hopefully
129112
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The paragraph is given below:
But I have a difficulty in understanding the sentence starting in the forth line by "If we furthur ...." until its end, could anyone explain it for me please?
thanks!
general-topology differential-topology compactness
asked Dec 8 at 1:49
hopefully
129112
The paragraph is given below:
But I have a difficulty in understanding the sentence starting in the forth line by "If we furthur ...." until its end, could anyone explain it for me please?
thanks!
general-topology differential-topology compactness
general-topology differential-topology compactness
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This is all basic point-set stuff. $X cap Z$ is a $0$-dimensional manifold, so it is discrete. If both $X$ and $Z$ are closed then so is $X cap Z$. If, say, $X$ is compact, then $X cap Z subseteq X$. Hence $X cap Z$ is a closed subset of a compact space, so it is compact. Since it is compact and discrete, it is finite.
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If $X$ and $Z$ are closed and at least one of them is compact, then $Xcap Z$ is closed and compact (the intersection of closed sets is closed, and a closed subset of a compact set is compact). Then, the statement is that compact zero-dimensional submanifolds must be finite, which is clear. Zero-dimensional manifolds are discrete, and discrete compact sets are finite.
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This is all basic point-set stuff. $X cap Z$ is a $0$-dimensional manifold, so it is discrete. If both $X$ and $Z$ are closed then so is $X cap Z$. If, say, $X$ is compact, then $X cap Z subseteq X$. Hence $X cap Z$ is a closed subset of a compact space, so it is compact. Since it is compact and discrete, it is finite.
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This is all basic point-set stuff. $X cap Z$ is a $0$-dimensional manifold, so it is discrete. If both $X$ and $Z$ are closed then so is $X cap Z$. If, say, $X$ is compact, then $X cap Z subseteq X$. Hence $X cap Z$ is a closed subset of a compact space, so it is compact. Since it is compact and discrete, it is finite.
answered Dec 8 at 1:58
Randall
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This is all basic point-set stuff. $X cap Z$ is a $0$-dimensional manifold, so it is discrete. If both $X$ and $Z$ are closed then so is $X cap Z$. If, say, $X$ is compact, then $X cap Z subseteq X$. Hence $X cap Z$ is a closed subset of a compact space, so it is compact. Since it is compact and discrete, it is finite.
answered Dec 8 at 1:58
Randall
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This is all basic point-set stuff. $X cap Z$ is a $0$-dimensional manifold, so it is discrete. If both $X$ and $Z$ are closed then so is $X cap Z$. If, say, $X$ is compact, then $X cap Z subseteq X$. Hence $X cap Z$ is a closed subset of a compact space, so it is compact. Since it is compact and discrete, it is finite.
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If $X$ and $Z$ are closed and at least one of them is compact, then $Xcap Z$ is closed and compact (the intersection of closed sets is closed, and a closed subset of a compact set is compact). Then, the statement is that compact zero-dimensional submanifolds must be finite, which is clear. Zero-dimensional manifolds are discrete, and discrete compact sets are finite.
answered Dec 8 at 1:57
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If $X$ and $Z$ are closed and at least one of them is compact, then $Xcap Z$ is closed and compact (the intersection of closed sets is closed, and a closed subset of a compact set is compact). Then, the statement is that compact zero-dimensional submanifolds must be finite, which is clear. Zero-dimensional manifolds are discrete, and discrete compact sets are finite.
answered Dec 8 at 1:57
Rolf Hoyer
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If $X$ and $Z$ are closed and at least one of them is compact, then $Xcap Z$ is closed and compact (the intersection of closed sets is closed, and a closed subset of a compact set is compact). Then, the statement is that compact zero-dimensional submanifolds must be finite, which is clear. Zero-dimensional manifolds are discrete, and discrete compact sets are finite.
answered Dec 8 at 1:57
Rolf Hoyer
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If $X$ and $Z$ are closed and at least one of them is compact, then $Xcap Z$ is closed and compact (the intersection of closed sets is closed, and a closed subset of a compact set is compact). Then, the statement is that compact zero-dimensional submanifolds must be finite, which is clear. Zero-dimensional manifolds are discrete, and discrete compact sets are finite.
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