Order Topology

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An Order Topology is a Point-Set Topology that can be defined on any totally ordered set.



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2019

  • (Wikipedia, 2019) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_topology Retrieved:2019-4-25.
    • In mathematics, an order topology is a certain topology that can be defined on any totally ordered set. It is a natural generalization of the topology of the real numbers to arbitrary totally ordered sets.

      If X is a totally ordered set, the order topology on X is generated by the subbase of "open rays" :

      [math]\displaystyle{ (a, \infty) = \{ x \mid a \lt x\} }[/math]

      [math]\displaystyle{ (-\infty, b) = \{x \mid x \lt b\} }[/math]

      for all a,b in X. This is equivalent to saying that the open intervals :

      [math]\displaystyle{ (a,b) = \{x \mid a \lt x \lt b\} }[/math]

      together with the above rays form a base for the order topology. The open sets in X are the sets that are a union of (possibly infinitely many) such open intervals and rays.

      A topological space X is called orderable if there exists a total order on its elements such that the order topology induced by that order and the given topology on X coincide. The order topology makes X into a completely normal Hausdorff space.

      The standard topologies on R, Q, Z, and N are the order topologies.