Definition df-top 14721

Description: Define the class of topologies. It is a proper class. See istopg 14722 and istopfin 14723 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 14720	. 2 class Top
2		vy	. . . . . . . 8 setvar y
3	2	cv 1396	. . . . . . 7 class y
4	3	cuni 3893	. . . . . 6 class U. y
5		vx	. . . . . . 7 setvar x
6	5	cv 1396	. . . . . 6 class x
7	4, 6	wcel 2202	. . . . 5 wff U. y e. x
8	6	cpw 3652	. . . . 5 class ~P x
9	7, 2, 8	wral 2510	. . . 4 wff A. y e. ~P x U. y e. x
10		vz	. . . . . . . . 9 setvar z
11	10	cv 1396	. . . . . . . 8 class z
12	3, 11	cin 3199	. . . . . . 7 class ( y i^i z )
13	12, 6	wcel 2202	. . . . . 6 wff ( y i^i z ) e. x
14	13, 10, 6	wral 2510	. . . . 5 wff A. z e. x ( y i^i z ) e. x
15	14, 2, 6	wral 2510	. . . 4 wff A. y e. x A. z e. x ( y i^i z ) e. x
16	9, 15	wa 104	. . 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 2217	. 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 1397	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  14722