Math and science::Topology
Connectedness. 4 lemmas
1. The edge of a connected space
Let \( X \) be a topological space. Let \( A \) and \( B \) be subspaces of \( X \) with [some requirement].
If \( A \) is connected, then so is \( B \).
2. [something of a something on] a connected space is connected
Let \( f : X \to Y \) be a continuous map of topological spaces. If [something] then [something].
In particular, any quotient of a connected space is connected.
3. The [something] of two connected spaces is connected.
4. A space that has [a particular way of being composed] is connected.
Let \( X \) be a nonempty topological space and \( (A_i)_{i \in I} \) a family of subspaces covering \( X \). Suppose that \( A_i \) is [something] for each \( i \in I \) and that \( A_i \cap A_j \neq \emptyset \) for each \( i, j \in I \), then \( X \) is connected.
This lemma says that gluing together overlapping connected spaces produces connected spaces.