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If $X:= \prod X_\alpha$ is locally compact $\Rightarrow$ each $X_\alpha$ is locally compact and $X_\alpha$ is compact for all but finitely many values of $\alpha$

My solution So I will use that if $f:X\rightarrow Y$ is open, continuous map and we know that $X$ is locally compact then $Y$ is locally compact.

Define projection functions $p_\alpha : X \rightarrow X_{\alpha}$, since each $p_i$ is an open continuous map $\Rightarrow$ each $X_\alpha$ is as well locally compact.

For the second part of the proof I will again use projection functions. So we know that since the product is locally compact, for each point $x \in \prod X_\alpha$ and an open neighborhood $U$ of that point there exists compact subspace $C$ of the product such that $x \in U \in C$.And $C$ has all but finitely many projections equal to the whole corresponding space.

Since projections are continuous this spaces must be compact.

Is my proof correct or it is not enough?

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Projections are onto, continuous and open, so it is immediate then that $X_\alpha$ is locally compact $\forall \alpha$. To prove the second part, let $x \in \prod X_\alpha$ and let $U$ be a compact neighborhood of $x$. Then $U$ contains a basic neighborhood of the form:

$$p_{\alpha_1}^{-1}(U_{\alpha_1})\cap p_{\alpha_2}^{-1}(U_{\alpha_2})\cap \dots\cap p_{\alpha_n}^{-1}(U_{\alpha_n})$$

Because $\prod X_\alpha$ is indeed equipped with the product topology, and it follows that $p_{\alpha}(U) = X_\alpha \ , \ \forall \alpha \not\in \{\alpha_1,\dots,\alpha_n\}$. Since the continuous images of compact subsets are also compact, each $X_\alpha$ is compact at least $\forall \alpha \not\in \{\alpha_1,\dots,\alpha_n\}$