Definition df-top 12165

Description: Define the class of topologies. It is a proper class. See istopg 12166 and istopfin 12167 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 12164	. 2 class Top
2		vy	. . . . . . . 8 setvar y
3	2	cv 1330	. . . . . . 7 class y
4	3	cuni 3736	. . . . . 6 class U. y
5		vx	. . . . . . 7 setvar x
6	5	cv 1330	. . . . . 6 class x
7	4, 6	wcel 1480	. . . . 5 wff U. y e. x
8	6	cpw 3510	. . . . 5 class ~P x
9	7, 2, 8	wral 2416	. . . 4 wff A. y e. ~P x U. y e. x
10		vz	. . . . . . . . 9 setvar z
11	10	cv 1330	. . . . . . . 8 class z
12	3, 11	cin 3070	. . . . . . 7 class ( y i^i z )
13	12, 6	wcel 1480	. . . . . 6 wff ( y i^i z ) e. x
14	13, 10, 6	wral 2416	. . . . 5 wff A. z e. x ( y i^i z ) e. x
15	14, 2, 6	wral 2416	. . . 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 2125	. 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 1331	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  12166