The purpose of this paper is to examine selected topologies, the Vietoris topology in particular, on S(X), the collection of nonempty, closed subsets of a topological space X. Characteristics of open and closed subsets of S(X), with the Vietoris topology, are noted. The relationships between the space X and the space S(X), with the Vietoris topology, concerning the properties of countability, compactness, and connectedness and the separation properties are investigated. Additional topologies are defined on S(X), and each is compared to the Vietoris topology on S(X). Finally, topological convergence of nets of subsets of X is considered. It is found that topological convergence induces a topology on S(X), and that this topology is the Vietoris topology on S(X) when X is a compact, Hausdorff space.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663365 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Leslie, Patricia J. |
| Contributors | Hagan, Melvin R., Hagan, Melvin R. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | v, 116 leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, Leslie, Patricia J., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights |
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