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For proofs that are immediately true, either by definition or just from being obvious.

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Compact     \implies Countably compact

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Evident.

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Compact     \implies Locally relatively compact

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Any closed set is compact, so any closure of a nbd is compact.

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Locally relatively compact     \implies Weakly locally compact

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Take one nbd from the local basis. Its closure is compact.

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Exhaustible by compacts     \implies Weakly locally compact

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Yeah.

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Compact     \implies Exhaustible by compacts

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Indeed.

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Compact     \implies Strongly paracompact

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A subcover is a refinement. A finite subcover is star-finite.

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Paracompact     \implies Metacompact

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If finitely many intersect a nbd around the point, finitely many will intersect the point.

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Paracompact     \implies Countably paracompact

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If true for any covers, then true for countable ones.

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Submetacompact     \implies Countably metacompact

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If true for any covers, then true for countable ones.

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Countably compact     \implies Countably paracompact

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A subcover is a refinement. A finite subcover is star-finite.

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Countably paracompact     \implies Countably metacompact

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This is Paracompact     \implies Metacompact, just countable this time.

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Topological nn-manifold     \implies Locally nn-Euclidean

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By definition.

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Has a dispersion point     \implies ¬ Empty

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If it has a dispersion point… it has… a point.

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Discrete     \implies T1T_1

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Singletons are clopen.

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(Totally disconnected ∧ Has multiple points)     \implies ¬ Connected

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The space is not a singleton.

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Countable     \implies Cardinality <c\lt\mathfrak c

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This is obvious, so fun fact: The converse requires the continuum hypothesis.

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Cardinality <c\lt\mathfrak c     \implies Cardinality c\leq\mathfrak c

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Big brain stuff.

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Countable     \implies σ\sigma-compact

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Singletons are compact.

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(Injectively path connected ∧ Has multiple points)     \implies ¬ Cardinality <c\lt\mathfrak c

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The path between two distinct points has at least c\mathfrak c points.

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(Functionally Hausdorff ∧ Has multiple points)     \implies ¬ Strongly connected

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The continuous map with f(a)=0f(a) = 0 and f(b)=1f(b) = 1 is not constant.

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(Path connected ∧ Has multiple points)     \implies ¬ Totally path disconnected

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Take a path between two points. It’s not constant.

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(Injectively path connected ∧ Has multiple points)     \implies ¬ Biconnected

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If ff continuous, f([0,1/3])f([0, 1/3]) and f([2/3,1])f([2/3, 1]) are connected.

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(Lindelöf ∧ Countably compact)     \implies Compact

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Shrink the cover twice.

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T2T_2     \implies T1T_1

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Clear from their definitions.

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T1T_1     \implies T0T_0

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Clear from their definitions.

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Compact     \implies σ\sigma-compact

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A single set is trivially a countable union.

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σ\sigma-compact     \implies Lindelöf

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If each compact has a finite subcover, a countable union of them will have a countable subcover.

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Cardinality =c=\mathfrak c     \implies ¬ Cardinality <c\lt\mathfrak c

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Left as an exercise for the reader.

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Cardinality =c=\mathfrak c     \implies Cardinality c\leq\mathfrak c

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Left as an exercise for the reader.

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Finite     \implies Countable

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That’s right, “countable” does not mean infinitely countable.

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Finite     \implies Second countable

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Any topology is a subset of P(X)\mathcal{P}(X), so there are finitely many open sets.

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Cardinality =1=\aleph_1     \implies Cardinality c\leq\mathfrak c

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By definition, 1\aleph_1 is the smallest cardinality greater than 0\aleph_0. Assuming the continuum hypothesis, 1=c\aleph_1 = \mathfrak c.

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Cardinality =1=\aleph_1     \implies ¬ Countable

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By definition, 1\aleph_1 is the smallest uncountable cardinal.

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Finite     \implies Noetherian

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Every subspace is finite.

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(Indiscrete ∧ Has multiple points)     \implies ¬ Has an isolated point

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Any open set has more than one point.

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Discrete     \implies Locally finite

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{x}\{x\} is a finite neighborhood of xx.

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Countable sets are discrete     \implies T1T_1

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In particular, singletons are discrete.

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Strongly KC     \implies KC

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Compact sets are countably compact.

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Countable     \implies Locally countable

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Globally implies locally.

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0\aleph_0-space     \implies \aleph-space

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This is just “Has a countable kk-network     \implies Has a σ\sigma-locally finite kk-network” (T352) with T3T_3 added.

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(Discrete ∧ Indiscrete)     \implies ¬ Has multiple points

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P(X)={,X}\mathcal{P}(X) = \{\emptyset, X\} if and only if it has 0 or 1 point.

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¬ Has multiple points     \implies Discrete

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There’s only one possible topology.

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¬ Has multiple points     \implies Indiscrete

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There’s only one possible topology.

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¬ Finite     \implies Has multiple points

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If you have an infinite amount of apples, then you have at least 2 apples.

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(Has multiple points ∧ T0T_0)     \implies ¬ Indiscrete

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Some point has a neighborhood not containing another point.

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Hereditarily Lindelöf     \implies Lindelöf

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A space is a subspace of itself.

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Countable     \implies Has a countable network

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Singletons form a network.

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Metrizable     \implies Pseudometrizable

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Every metric is a pseudometric.

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Finite     \implies Locally finite

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Globally implies locally.

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Second countable     \implies First countable

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A countable basis is a local basis for every point.

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T2T_2     \implies R1R_1

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T2T_2 is T0T_0 with R1R_1.

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(R1R_1T0T_0)     \implies T2T_2

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Any two distinct points are distinguishable in a T0T_0 space.

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Has multiple points     \implies ¬ Empty

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Important result to solve the Riemann hypothesis.

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Finite     \implies Countably-many continuous self-maps

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It has finitely many self-maps (continuous or not).

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(Anticompact ∧ Compact)     \implies Finite

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A space is a subspace of itself.

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(Scattered ∧ ¬ Empty)     \implies Has an isolated point

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If XX itself is not dense, then some point is isolated.

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Empty     \implies Meager

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X=X = \bigcup \emptyset where \emptyset is countable and each AA \in \emptyset is nowhere dense.

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Pseudometrizable     \implies Locally pseudometrizable

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Globally implies locally.

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Locally metrizable     \implies Locally pseudometrizable

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Every metric is a pseudometric.

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Topological nn-manifold     \implies T2T_2

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By definition.

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T4T_4     \implies Normal

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By definition.

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T5T_5     \implies Completely normal

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By definition.

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Fully T4T_4     \implies Fully normal

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By definition.

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T6T_6     \implies Perfectly normal

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By definition.

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Topological nn-manifold     \implies Second countable

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By definition.

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Has a group topology     \implies ¬ Empty

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Groups/monoids are nonempty by definition.

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Cardinality c\leq\mathfrak c     \implies Cardinality 2c\leq 2^{\mathfrak c}

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κ<2κ\kappa < 2^\kappa is true for any cardinal.

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Metrizable     \implies Submetrizable

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A topology is a coarser topology of itself.

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Has a coarser separable metrizable topology     \implies Submetrizable

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We’re just dropping the “separable”.

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Cardinality 3\geq 3     \implies Has multiple points

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If you have at least 3 apples, then you have at least 2 apples.

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Cardinality 4\geq 4     \implies Cardinality 3\geq 3

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If you have at least 4 apples, then you have at least 3 apples.

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¬ Finite     \implies Cardinality 4\geq 4

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If you have an infinite amount of apples, then you have at least 4 apples.

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Fixed point property     \implies ¬ Empty

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If it has a fixed point… it has… a point.

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Indiscrete     \implies Second countable

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In general, a countable topology is second countable.

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Countably infinite     \implies Countable

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Can’t argue with that.

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Countably infinite     \implies ¬ Finite

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Can’t argue with that.

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(Countable ∧ ¬ Finite)     \implies Countably infinite

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Can’t argue with that.

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(Compact ∧ Connected ∧ T2T_2)     \implies Continuum

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Literally by definition.

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Continuum     \implies T2T_2

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Literally by definition.

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Continuum     \implies Compact

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Literally by definition.

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Continuum     \implies Connected

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Literally by definition.

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Ordinal space     \implies LOTS

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It’s an order topology.

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Has a cut point     \implies Cardinality 3\geq 3

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In order for X{p}X \setminus \{p\} to be connected, it needs to have at least 2 points.

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Locally finite     \implies Locally countable

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Finite implies countable.

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Almost discrete     \implies ¬ Discrete

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It’s almost… so not quite.

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Contractible     \implies ¬ Empty

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The homotopy cannot be empty.

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Has a closed point     \implies ¬ Empty

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If it has a closed point… it has… a point.

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Noetherian     \implies Compact

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A space is a subspace of itself.

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Noetherian     \implies Locally compact

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Any set in any local basis is compact.

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Empty     \implies Locally 11-Euclidean

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Every pp \in \emptyset is homeomorphic to R\R.

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(Discrete ∧ Finite)     \implies Has a cofinite topology

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The complement of any set must be finite.