Local topological properties

62 Views Asked by At

Could we define the terms locally connected/compact/contractible/simply-connected/whatever to mean that there is a basis (for the topology on our space) of connected/compact/contractible/simply-connected/whatever subsets? I mean does this usage of these terms agree with the "standard" ones?

1

There are 1 best solutions below

4
On BEST ANSWER

No, this doesn't always work. For instance, $\mathbb R$ is a locally compact space, but it has no basis composed of compact sets simply because the only compact and open set in $\mathbb R$ is the empty set.