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The Metrizability of Spaces whose Diagonals have a Countable Base

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

John Ginsburg*
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba, Department of Mathematics, Winnipeg, Manitoba. R3T 2N2
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Abstract

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It is shown that the diagonal of X has a countable neighborhood base in X × X if and only if X is a metrizable space whose set of non-isolated points is compact.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1977

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