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Title of object: discrete
Canonical Name: Discrete2
Type: Definition

Created on: 2008-03-26 17:57:32
Modified on: 2008-03-26 18:06:40

Creator: lalberti
Modifier: lalberti
Author: lalberti

Classification: msc:54A05

Revision comment (for changes between this and next version):

Changes for correction #13707 ('some suggestions').

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Content:

A subset $S$ of a topological space ${\mathcal T}$ is said to be discrete if any of the following equivalent conditions is met:
\begin{itemize}
\item The subspace topology on $S$ \PMlinkescapetext{induced} by the topology on $\mathcal T$ is the discrete topology.
\item $\forall x\in S$, $\exists U\subset {\mathcal T}$ neighborhood of $x$, such that $U\cap S=\{x\}$.
\item (Only applies if ${\mathcal T}$ is a metric space) If for all sequences $(x_i)_{i\in{\mathbb N}} \in S$ that converge to some $x\in S$, there exists $N_0\in\mathbb N$ such that $\forall i\ge N_0$, $x_i=x$.
\end{itemize}