Exercise · ZW-QUOTIENT-TOPOLOGY-005 · ★☆☆ Basic

Among all topologies on \(Y\) that make \(q:X\to Y\) continuous, the quotient topology is…

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  • B. the finest (with the most open sets)

Explanation

It collects every \(V\) with \(q^{-1}(V)\) open, that is, as many open sets as the continuity of \(q\) allows; adding any other would break it.

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Review the concept: Quotient topology

The topology \(\mathcal{T}_q\) on \(Y\) determined by a surjective function \(q:X\to Y\) from a space \((X,\mathcal{T})\), whose open sets are the \(V\subseteq Y\) with \(q^{-1}(V)\) open in \(X\).

\[\mathcal{T}_q=\{V\subseteq Y:\ q^{-1}(V)\in\mathcal{T}\}\]

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