Point-finite collection

Point-finite collection

Dieudonné's theorem: lk

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{{math_theorem|math_statement={{Citation | last1=Dieudonné | first1=Jean | author1-link=Jean Dieudonné | title=Une généralisation des espaces compacts | mr=0013297 | year=1944 | journal=[[Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées]]|series= Neuvième Série | issn=0021-7824 | volume=23 | pages=65–76}}, Théorème 6.{{sfn|Willard|2012|loc=Theorem 15.10}} A topological space X is [[normal space|normal]] if and only if each point-finite open cover of X has a [[shrinking (topology)|shrinking]]; that is, if \{ U_i \mid i \in I \} is an open cover indexed by a set I, there is an open cover \{ V_i \mid i \in I \} indexed by the same set I such that \overline{V_i} \subset U_i for each i \in I.}}
{{math_theorem|math_statement={{Citation | last1=Dieudonné | first1=Jean | author1-link=Jean Dieudonné | title=Une généralisation des espaces compacts | mr=0013297 | year=1944 | journal=[[Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées]]|series= Neuvième Série | issn=0021-7824 | volume=23 | pages=65–76}}, Théorème 6.{{sfn|Willard|2012|loc=Theorem 15.10}} A topological space X is [[normal space|normal]] if and only if each point-finite open cover of X has a [[shrinking (topology)|shrinking]]; that is, if \{ U_i \mid i \in I \} is an open cover indexed by a set I, there is an open cover \{ V_i \mid i \in I \} indexed by the same set I such that \overline{V_i} \subset U_i for each i \in I.}}


The original proof uses Zorn's lemma, while Willard uses transfinite recursion.
The original proof uses [[Zorn's lemma]], while Willard uses [[transfinite recursion]].


==References==
==References==