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Indiscrete and Discrete Topology

Indiscrete Topology:
            The collection of the non empty set and the set X itself is always a topology on X and is said to be indiscrete topology on X. In other words, for any non empty set X, the collection  is an indiscrete topology on X, and the space is called the indiscrete topological space or simply an indiscrete space.


Discrete Topology:
            The power set P(X) of a non empty set X is said to be discrete topology on X and the space (X,P(X)) is called the discrete topological space or simply a discrete space.


            Now we shall show that the power set of a non empty set X is a topology on X. For this let  be the power set of X, i.e. the collection of all possible subsets of X, then


(i) The union of any number of subsets of X, being the subset of X, belongs to.
(ii) The intersection of finite number of subsets of X, being the subset of X, belongs.
(iii) and X, being the subsets of X, belongs to .
            This shows that the power set is a topology on X.




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