limit point
Let be a topological space, and let . An element is said to be a limit point of if every open set containing also contains at least one point of distinct from . Note that we can often take a nested sequence of open such sets, and can thereby construct a sequence of points which converge to , partially motivating the terminology ”limit” in this case.
Equivalently:
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is a limit point of if and only if there is a net in converging to which is not residually constant.
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is a limit point of if and only if there is a filter on converging (http://planetmath.org/filter) to .
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If is a metric (or first countable) space, is a limit point of if and only if there is a sequence of points in converging to .
Title | limit point |
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Canonical name | LimitPoint |
Date of creation | 2013-03-22 12:06:51 |
Last modified on | 2013-03-22 12:06:51 |
Owner | mathcam (2727) |
Last modified by | mathcam (2727) |
Numerical id | 15 |
Author | mathcam (2727) |
Entry type | Definition |
Classification | msc 54A99 |
Synonym | accumulation point |
Synonym | cluster point |
Related topic | AlternateStatementOfBolzanoWeierstrassTheorem |