From 777f9d3fd8caf56e6bc6999a4b05379307d0733f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Justin Gassner Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 07:36:33 +0200 Subject: Initial commit --- pages/general-topology/baire-spaces.md.txt | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pages/general-topology/baire-spaces.md.txt (limited to 'pages/general-topology/baire-spaces.md.txt') diff --git a/pages/general-topology/baire-spaces.md.txt b/pages/general-topology/baire-spaces.md.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eabe792 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/general-topology/baire-spaces.md.txt @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +--- +title: Baire Spaces +parent: General Topology +nav_order: 1 +description: > + A Baire space is a topological space with the property that the intersection + of countably many dense open subsets is still dense. One version of the Baire + Category Theorem states that complete metric spaces are Baire spaces. We give + a self-contained proof of Baire's Category Theorem by contradiction. +# spellchecker:words +--- + +# + + +A topological space is said to be a *Baire space*, +if any of the following equivalent conditions holds: +> +- The intersection of countably many dense open subsets is still dense. +- The union of countably many closed subsets with empty interior has empty interior. + + +Note that +a set is dense in a topological space +if and only if +its complement has empty interior. + +Any sufficient condition +for a topological space to be a Baire space +constitutes a *Baire Category Theorem*, +of which there are several. +Here we give one +that is commonly used in functional analysis. + + +Baire Category Theorem + +> +Complete metric spaces are Baire spaces. + +**Proof:** +Let C-C-C be a metric space +with complete metric D-D-D. +Suppose that F-F-F is not a Baire space. +Then there is a countable collection G-G-G of dense open subsets of B-B-B +such that the intersection C-C-C is not dense in D-D-D. + +In a metric space, any nonempty open set contains an open ball. +It is also true, that any nonempty open set contains a closed ball, +since F-F-F if G-G-G. + +We construct a sequence B-B-B of open balls C-C-C satisfying + +V-V-V +as follows: By hypothesis, +the interior of D-D-D is not empty (otherwise F-F-F would be dense in G-G-G), +so we may choose an open ball B-B-B with C-C-C +such that D-D-D. +Given F-F-F, +the set G-G-G is nonempty, because B-B-B is dense in C-C-C, +and it is open, because D-D-D and F-F-F are open. +This allows us to choose an open ball G-G-G as desired. + +Note that by construction B-B-B for C-C-C, +thus D-D-D. +Therefore, the sequence F-F-F is Cauchy +and has a limit point G-G-G by completeness. +In the limit B-B-B, we obtain C-C-C (strictness is lost), +hence D-D-D for all F-F-F. +This shows that G-G-G for all B-B-B, that is C-C-C. +On the other hand, D-D-D, +in contradiction to the preceding statement. + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf