Definition df-top 12790

Description: Define the class of topologies. It is a proper class. See istopg 12791 and istopfin 12792 for the corresponding characterizations, using respectively binary intersections like in this definition and nonempty finite intersections.

The final form of the definition is due to Bourbaki (Def. 1 of [BourbakiTop1] p. I.1), while the idea of defining a topology in terms of its open sets is due to Aleksandrov. For the convoluted history of the definitions of these notions, see

Gregory H. Moore, The emergence of open sets, closed sets, and limit points in analysis and topology, Historia Mathematica 35 (2008) 220--241.

(Contributed by NM, 3-Mar-2006.) (Revised by BJ, 20-Oct-2018.)

Assertion

Ref	Expression
df-top	|- Top = { x | ( A. y e. ~P x U. y e. x /\ A. y e. x A. z e. x ( y i^i z ) e. x ) }

Distinct variable group:   x, y, z

Detailed syntax breakdown of Definition df-top

Step	Hyp	Ref	Expression
1		ctop 12789	. 2 class Top
2		vy	. . . . . . . 8 setvar y
3	2	cv 1347	. . . . . . 7 class y
4	3	cuni 3796	. . . . . 6 class U. y
5		vx	. . . . . . 7 setvar x
6	5	cv 1347	. . . . . 6 class x
7	4, 6	wcel 2141	. . . . 5 wff U. y e. x
8	6	cpw 3566	. . . . 5 class ~P x
9	7, 2, 8	wral 2448	. . . 4 wff A. y e. ~P x U. y e. x
10		vz	. . . . . . . . 9 setvar z
11	10	cv 1347	. . . . . . . 8 class z
12	3, 11	cin 3120	. . . . . . 7 class ( y i^i z )
13	12, 6	wcel 2141	. . . . . 6 wff ( y i^i z ) e. x
14	13, 10, 6	wral 2448	. . . . 5 wff A. z e. x ( y i^i z ) e. x
15	14, 2, 6	wral 2448	. . . 4 wff A. y e. x A. z e. x ( y i^i z ) e. x
16	9, 15	wa 103	. . 3 wff ( A. y e. ~P x U. y e. x /\ A. y e. x A. z e. x ( y i^i z ) e. x )
17	16, 5	cab 2156	. 2 class { x | ( A. y e. ~P x U. y e. x /\ A. y e. x A. z e. x ( y i^i z ) e. x ) }
18	1, 17	wceq 1348	1 wff Top = { x | ( A. y e. ~P x U. y e. x /\ A. y e. x A. z e. x ( y i^i z ) e. x ) }

This definition is referenced by:  istopg  12791