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connected space (Definition)

A topological space $ X$ is said to be connected if there is no pair of nonempty subsets $ U,V$ such that both $ U$ and $ V$ are open in $ X$, $ U \cap V=\emptyset$ and $ U \cup V=X$. If $ X$ is not connected, i.e. if there are sets $ U$ and $ V$ with the above properties, then we say that $ X$ is disconnected.

Every topological space $ X$ can be viewed as a collection of subspaces each of which are connected. These subspaces are called the connected components of $ X$. Slightly more rigorously, we define an equivalence relation $ \sim$ on points in $ X$ by declaring that $ x\sim y$ if there is a connected subset $ Y$ of $ X$ such that $ x$ and $ y$ both lie in $ Y$. Then a connected component of $ X$ is defined to be an equivalence class under this relation.



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See Also: semilocally simply connected, extremally disconnected, example of a connected space that is not path-connected, locally connected, proof of generalized intermediate value theorem, a connected normal space with more than one point is uncountable, (path) connectness as a homotopy invariant

Also defines:  connected, connected components, disconnected, connectedness

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connectedness is preserved under a continuous map (Theorem) by drini
products of connected spaces are connected (Theorem) by mps
cut-point (Definition) by mathcam
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Cross-references: relation, equivalence class, points, equivalence relation, subspaces, collection, properties, open, subsets, topological space
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AMS MSC54D05 (General topology :: Fairly general properties :: Connected and locally connected spaces )

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