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A topological space is said to be second countable if it has a countable basis. It can be shown that a second countable space is both Lindelöf and separable, although the converses fail. For instance, the lower limit topology on the real line is both Lindelöf and separable, but not second countable.

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Other names:

second axiom of countability, completely separable, perfectly separable

Attachments:: every second countable space is separable (Proof) by drini
second countability is hereditary (Theorem) by matte
a compact metric space is second countable (Theorem) by azdbacks4234

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Cross-references: line, real, lower limit topology, converses, separable, Lindelöf, countable, topological space
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This is version 12 of second countable, born on 2002-01-01, modified 2005-02-11.
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54D70 (General topology :: Fairly general properties :: Base properties)

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