![MathJax Logo](/templates/jsp/_style2/_tandf/pb2/images/math-jax.gif)
Abstract
This paper deals with the concepts of -sets and
-closed sets in a strong generalized topological space and investigate properties of several low separation axioms of strong generalized topologies constructed by the families of these sets. Some properties of
-
and
-
strong generalized topological spaces will be given. Finally, several characterizations of weakly
-continuous functions are discussed.
Public interest statement
The purpose of the present paper is to introduce the concepts of ζδ(µ)-sets and (ζ, δ(µ))-closed sets in a strong generalized topological space and investigate properties of several low separation axioms of strong generalized topologies constructed by the families of these sets. We discuss some properties of (ζ, δ(µ))-R0 and ζ, δ(µ))-R1 strong generalized topological spaces. Moreover, several characterizations of weakly (ζ, δ(µ))-continuous functions are investigated.
1. Introduction
General topology is important in many fields of applied sciences as well as branches of mathematics. The theory of generalized topology, which was founded by Császár (Császár, Citation1997), is one of the most important development of general topology in recent years. Especially, the author defined some basic operators on generalized topological spaces. Noiri and Roy (Noiri & Roy, Citation2011) introduced a new kind of sets called generalized -closed sets in a topological space by using the concept of generalized open sets introduced by Császár. In 2007, Noiri (Noiri, Citation2007) introduced a new set called
-closed which is defined on a family of sets satisfying some minimal conditions and obtained several basic properties of
-closed sets. Moreover, the present author (Noiri, Citation2008) introduced and studied the notion of
-closed sets defined in a set with two minimal structures. Ekici (Ekici, Citation2012) introduced the notion of generalized hyperconnected spaces and investigated various characterizations of generalized hyperconnected spaces and preservation theorem. In (Ekici, Citation2011), the present author introduced and studied the concept of generalized submaximal spaces. Ekici and Roy (Ekici & Roy, Citation2011) introduced new types of sets called
-sets and
-sets and investigated some of their fundamental properties. Roy and Ekici (Roy & Ekici, Citation2011) introduced and studied
-open sets and
-closed sets via
-open and
-closed sets in generalized topological spaces. Shanin (Shanin, Citation1943) introduced the notion of
topological spaces. Davis (Davis, Citation1961) introduced the notion of a separation axiom called
. These notions are further investigated by Naimpally (Naimpally, Citation1967), Murdeshwar and Naimpally (Murdeshwar & Naimpally, Citation1966), Dube (Dube, Citation1982) and Dorsett (Dorsett, Citation1978b). As natural generalizations of the separation axioms
and
, the concepts of semi-
and semi-
were introduced and studied by Maheshwari and Prasad (Maheshwari & Prasad, Citation1975) and Dorsett (Dorsett, Citation1978a). Caldas et al. (Caldas, Jafari, & Noiri, Citation2004) introduced and studied two new weak separation axioms called
-
and
-
by the concepts of
-closure operators and
-open sets. Cammaroto and Noiri (Cammaroto & Noiri, Citation2005) have defined a weak separation axiom
-
in
-spaces which are equivalent to generalized topological spaces due to Lugojan (Lugojan, Citation1982). Recently, Noiri (Noiri, Citation2006) introduced the notion of
-
spaces and investigated several characterizations of
-
and
-
spaces. Roy (Roy, Citation2010) introduced the concepts of generalized
and
topological spaces by using closure operators defined on a generalized topological space and investigated some properties of generalized
and
topological spaces.
Continuity is basic concept for the study in topological spaces. The concept of weak continuity due to Levine (Levine, Citation1961) is one of the most important weak forms of continuity in topological spaces. Rose (Rose, Citation1984) has introduced the notion of subweakly continuous functions and investigated the relationships between subweak continuity and weak continuity. Popa and Stan (Popa & Stan, Citation1973) introduced and studied the notion of weakly quasi-continuous functions. Weak quasi-continuity is implied by both quasi-continuity and weak continuity which are independent of each other. Janković (Janković, Citation1985) introduced the concept of almost weakly continuous functions. It is shown in (Popa & Noiri, Citation1992) that almost weak continuity is equivalent to quasi precontinuity due to Paul and Bhattacharyya (Paul & Bhattacharyya, Citation1992). Noiri (Noiri, Citation1987) introduced the notion of weakly -continuous functions. Several characterizations of weakly
-continuous functions are studied in (Noiri, Citation1987), (Rose, Citation1990) and (Sen & Bhattacharyya, Citation1993). In (Popa & Noiri, Citation1994), the present authors introduced and studied weakly
-continuous functions. Ekici et al. (Ekici, Jafari, Caldas, & Noiri, Citation2008) established a new class of functions called weakly
-continuous functions which is weaker than
-continuous functions and investigated some fundamental properties of weakly
-continuous functions. Popa and Noiri (Popa & Noiri, Citation2002a) introduced the notion of weakly
-continuous functions as functions from a topological space into a set satisfying some minimal conditions and investigated several characterizations of such functions. Moreover, the present authors (Popa & Noiri, Citation2002b) introduced the concept of weakly
-continuous functions as functions from a set satisfying some minimal conditions into a set satisfying some minimal conditions and investigated some characterizations of weakly
-continuous functions. Min (Min, Citation2009) introduced the notions of weakly
-continuous functions and weakly
-continuous functions on generalized topological spaces and generalized neighbourhood systems, respectively, and investigated several characterizations for such functions and the relationships between weak
-continuity and weak
-continuity.
In this paper, we define -sets,
-closed sets in a strong generalized topological
and introduce the concepts of the
-closure and
-open sets by utilizing
-open sets and
-closure operators. In Section 3, we obtain fundamental properties of
-closed sets. In Section 4, we investigate properties of several low separation axioms of strong generalized topologies constructed by the concepts of
-closure operators and
-open sets. In the last section, we present the notion of weakly
-continuous functions and investigate some characterizations of such functions.
2. Preliminaries
Let be a non-empty set and
the power set of
. We call a class
a generalized topology (briefly, GT) on
if
and an arbitrary union of elements of
belongs to
(Császár, Citation2002). A set
with a generalized topology
on it is said to be a generalized topological space (briefly, GTS) and is denoted by
. For a generalized topological space
, the elements of
are called
-open sets and the complements of
-open sets are called
-closed sets. Let
be a generalized topology on
. Observe that
must not hold; if all the same
, then we say that the generalized topology
is strong (Császár, Citation2004). In general, let
denote the union of all elements of
; of course,
and
if
is a strong generalized topology. For
, we denote by
the intersection of all
-closed sets containing
and by
the union of all
-open sets contained in
(Császár, Citation2005). Moreover,
. According to (Császár, Citation2008), for
and
, we have
if
implies
. Consider a generalized topology
on
. Let us define
by
iff
and, if
, then there is a
-closed set
such that
(Császár, Citation2008).
Proposition 2.1. (Császár, Citation2008) Let be a generalized topological space. Then
is a generalized topology on
.
A subset of a generalized topological space
is said to be
-open (Császár, Citation2008) (resp.
-closed) if
(resp.
).
Theorem 2.2. (Császár, Citation2008) Let be a generalized topological space. Then, the elements of
coincide with the union of
-open sets.
Theorem 2.3. (Császár, Citation2008) Let be a generalized topological space and
. Then
if and only if
for every
-open set
containing
.
Proposition 2.4. (Császár, Citation2008) Let be a subset of a generalized topological space
. Then
is
-closed if and only if
.
A subset of a generalized topological space
is called
-open if the complement of
is
-closed. The family of all
-closed sets in a generalized topological space
is denoted by
.
Theorem 2.5. (Min, Citation2010) For a subset of a generalized topological space
, the following properties hold:
(1) .
(2) for every
-open set
.
(3) .
(4) is
-closed.
Theorem 2.6. (Min, Citation2010) For a subset of a generalized topological space
, the following properties hold:
(1) iff
is
-open.
(2) is
-open.
(3) .
(4) .
Theorem 2.7. (Min, Citation2010) For a subset of a generalized topological space
, the following properties hold:
(1) iff there exists a
-open set
containing x such that
.
(2) .
(3) .
3. (ζ, δ(µ))-closed sets
In this section, we introduce the notion of -closed sets. Moreover, several interesting properties of
-closed sets are investigated.
Definition 3.1. Let be a subset of a strong generalized topological space
. A subset
is defined as follows:
.
Lemma 3.2. For subsets ,
and
of a strong generalized topological space
, the following properties hold:
(1) .
(2) .
(3) If , then
.
(4) .
(5) .
Proof. (1) This is obvious from the definition.
(2) By (1), we have . Suppose that
. Then there exists
such that
and
. Since
, we have
and hence
.
(3) Suppose that . Then there exists
such that
and
. Since
, we have
and hence
.
(4) Suppose that . There exists
such that
and there exists a
-open set
such that
and
. Since
, we have
and hence,
(5) Since , by (3) we have
and
. On the other hand, suppose that
Then for each
and hence there exists
such that
and
for each
. Therefore, we have
and
is a
-open set not containing
. Thus,
. This implies that
. Consequently, we obtain
Definition 3.3. A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is called a
-set if
. The family of all
-sets of
is denoted by
.
Lemma 3.4. For subsets and
of a strong generalized topological space
, the following properties hold:
(1) is a
-set.
(2) If is
-open, then
is
-set.
(3) If is a
-set for each
, then
is a
-set.
(4) If is a
-set for each
, then
is a
-set.
Proof. (1) and (2) are obvious.
(3) Let for each
. By Lemma 3.2(4), we have
Thus, and hence,
.
(4) Let for each
. By Lemma 3.2(5), we have
Therefore, we obtain and so
.
Definition 3.5. Let be a subset of a strong generalized topological space
. A subset
is defined as follows:
.
Definition 3.6. A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is called a
-set if
. The family of all
-sets in a strong generalized topological space
is denoted by
.
Lemma 3.7. For subsets ,
and
of a strong generalized topological space
, the following properties hold:
(1) .
(2) If , then
.
(3) If is
-closed, then
.
(4) .
(5) .
(6) and
.
Lemma 3.8. For subsets and
of a strong generalized topological space
, the following properties hold:
(1) is a
-set.
(2) If is
-closed, then
is
-set.
(3) If is a
-set for each
, then
is a
-set.
(4) If is a
-set for each
, then
is a
-set.
Definition 3.9. A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is called
-closed if
, where
is a
-set and
is a
-closed set. The family of all
-closed sets in a strong generalized topological space
is denoted by
.
Theorem 3.10. For a subset of a strong generalized topological space
, the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-closed.
(2) , where
is a
-set.
(3) .
Proof. : Let
, where
is a
-set and
is a
-closed set. Since
, we have
and
. Therefore, we obtain
.
: Let
, where
is a
-set. Since
, we have
and hence,
. Consequently, we obtain
.
: Since
is a
-set,
is
-closed and
Lemma 3.11. Every -closed set is
-closed.
Definition 3.12. A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is called
-open if the complement of
is
-closed. The family of all
-open sets in a strong generalized topological space
is denoted by
.
Proposition 3.13. Let be a subset of a strong generalized topological space
.
(1) If is
-closed for each
, then
is
-closed.
(2) If is
-open for each
, then
is
-open.
Proof. (1) Suppose that is
-closed for each
. Then, for each
, there exist a
-set
and a
-closed set
such that
. Then, we have
By Lemma 3.4,
is a
-set and
is a
-closed set. This shows that
is
-closed.
(2) Let is
-open for each
. Then
is
-closed for each
. By
, we have
is
-closed. Therefore,
is
-open.
Theorem 3.14. For a subset of a strong generalized topological space
, the followings are equivalent:
(1) is
-open.
(2) , where
is a
-set and
is a
-open set.
(3) , where
is a
-set.
(4) .
Proof. : Suppose that
is a
-open set. Then
is
-closed and
, where
is a
-set and
is a
-closed set. Hence, we have
, where
is a
-set and
is a
-open set.
: Let
, where
is a
-set and
is a
-open set. Since
and
is
-open,
and hence,
. Therefore, we obtain
.
: Let
, where
is a
-set. Since
, we have
and hence,
. Consequently, we obtain
.
: Let
. Then, we have
By Lemma 3.4, is a
-set and
is a
-closed set. Therefore,
is a
-closed set and so
is
-open.
Definition 3.15. Let be a subset of a strong generalized topological space
. A point
is called a
-cluster point of
if for every
-open set
of
containing
, we have
. The set of all
-cluster points is called the
-closure of
and is denoted by
.
Lemma 3.16. Let and
be subsets of a strong generalized topological space
. For the
-closure, the following properties hold:
(1) and
.
(2) and
is
-closed
.
(3) If , then
.
(4) is
-closed if and only if
.
(5) is
-closed.
Lemma 3.17. For a subset of a strong generalized topological space
, the following properties hold:
(1) If is
-closed, then
is
-closed.
(2) If is
-closed, then
.
Proof. It is sufficient to observe that
, where the whole set
is a
-set.
Let
be
-closed, then there exists a
-set
and a
-closed set
such that
. Since
and
, we have
and
. This implies that
Consequently, we obtain .
Definition 3.18. Let be a subset of a strong generalized topological space
. The union of all
-open sets contained in
is called the
-interior of
and is denoted by
.
Lemma 3.19. Let and
be subsets of a strong generalized topological space
. For the
-interior, the following properties hold:
(1) and
.
(2) If , then
.
(3) and
is
-open
.
(4) is
-open.
(5) is
-open if and only if
.
(6) .
Definition 3.20. A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is said to be generalized
-closed (briefly g-
-closed) set if
whenever
and
.
Definition 3.21. A strong generalized topological space is said to be
-symmetric if for any
and
in
,
implies
.
Theorem 3.22. A strong generalized topological space is
-symmetric if and only if
is g-
-closed for each
.
Proof. Assume that , but
. This implies that the complement of
contains
. Therefore, the set
is a subset of the complement of
. This implies that
is a subset of the complement of
. Now, the complement of
contains
which is a contradiction.
Conversely, suppose that , but
is not a subset of
. This means that
and the complement of
are not disjoint. Let
belongs to their intersection. Now, we have
which is a subset of the complement of
and
. This is a contradiction.
Theorem 3.23. A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is g-
-closed if and only if
contains no non-empty
-closed set.
Proof. Let be a
-closed subset of
. Now,
and since
is g-
-closed, we have
and
. Thus,
and
is empty.
Conversely, suppose that and
is
-open. If
, then
is a non-empty
-closed subset of
.
Corollary 3.24. Let be a g-
-closed subset of a strong generalized topological space
. Then
is
-closed if and only if
is
-closed.
Proof. If is
-closed, then
.
Conversely, suppose that is
-closed. But
is g-
-closed and
is a
-closed subset of itself. By Theorem 3.23,
and hence
.
Proposition 3.25. For a subset of a strong generalized topological space
, the following properties hold:
(1) If is
-closed, then
is g-
-closed.
(2) If is g-
-closed and
-open, then
is
-closed.
(3) If is g-
-closed and
, then
is g-
-closed.
Proof. (1) Let be
-closed and
. Then, by Lemma 3.16
and hence,
is g-
-closed.
(2) Let be g-
-closed and
-open. Then
and so
is
-closed.
(3) Let and
. Then
and
is g-
-closed, we have
. By Lemma 3.16,
and hence,
. Consequently, we obtain
is g-
-closed.
Definition 3.26. Let be a subset of a strong generalized topological space
. The
-frontier of
,
, is defined as follows:
Proposition 3.27. Let be a subset of a strong generalized topological space
. If
is g-
-closed and
, then
Proof. Let be g-
-closed and
. Then
. Suppose that
. Since
, we have
Therefore, and
. This shows that
and hence,
Proposition 3.28. Let be a strong generalized topological space. For each
, either
is
-closed or
is g-
-open.
Proof. Suppose that is not
-closed. Then
is not
-open and the only
-open set containing
is
itself. Therefore,
and hence,
is g-
-closed. Thus,
is g-
-open.
Theorem 3.29. A subset A of a strong generalized topological space is g-
-open if and only if
whenever
and
is
-closed.
Proof. Suppose that is g-
-open. Let
and
is
-closed. Then
and
is g-
-closed. Therefore, we obtain
and so
.
Conversely, let and
. Then
and
is
-closed. By the hypothesis, we have
and hence,
. Therefore,
is g-
-closed and
is g-
-open.
Corollary 3.30. For a subsets of a strong generalized topological space
, the following properties hold:
(1) If is
-open, then
is g-
-open.
(2) If is g-
-open and
-closed, then
is
-open.
(3) If is g-
-open and
, then
is g-
-open.
Proof. This follows from Proposition 3.25.
Lemma 3.31. Let be a subset of a strong generalized topological space
and
. If
, then
.
Theorem 3.32. For a subset of a strong generalized topological space
, the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is g-
-closed.
(2) contains no non-empty
-closed set.
(3) is g-
-open.
Proof. : This follows from Theorem 3.23.
: Let
and
be
-closed. By (2), we have
and
. It follows from Theorem 3.29 that
is g-
-open.
: Suppose that
and
. Then,
By (3), is g-
-open. Since
is
-closed and by Theorem 3.29, we have
. Therefore, we have
and hence,
is g-
-closed. Now, the proof of
is given as follows. Suppose that
There exists . Then, there exists
such that
. Since
, we have
and
. By Lemma 3.31,
and hence,
. Therefore, we obtain
. This is a contradiction.
Theorem 3.33. A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is g-
-closed if and only if
whenever
and
is
-closed.
Proof. Suppose that is g-
-closed. Let
and
be
-closed. Then
and
. Therefore, we have
.
Conversely, let and
. Then
and
is
-closed. By the hypothesis,
and hence,
. Consequently, we obtain
is g-
-closed.
Theorem 3.34. A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is g-
-closed if and only if
for every
.
Proof. Let be a g-
-closed set. Assume that
for some
. By Lemma 3.16,
is
-closed and hence,
. Since
is g-
-closed,
This contradicts that .
Conversely, suppose that is not g-
-closed, then
for some
containing
. There exists
. Since
, by Lemma 3.31
and hence,
This shows that for some
.
Corollary 3.35. For a subset of a strong generalized topological space
, the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is g-
-open.
(2) contains no non-empty
-closed set.
(3) is g-
-open.
(4) for every
.
Proof. This follows from Theorems 3.32 and 3.34.
Proposition 3.36. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) For every -open set
,
.
(2) Every subset of is g-
-closed.
Proof. : Let
be any subset of
and
. By (1),
and so
. Therefore,
is g-
-closed.
: Let
. By (2), we have
is g-
-closed and hence,
.
Theorem 3.37. A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is g-
-open if and only if
whenever
is
-open and
Proof. Suppose that is g-
-open and
such that
Then . Since
is g-
-closed and
is
-closed, by Theorem 3.23
and hence,
.
Conversely, suppose that and
is
-closed. By Lemma 3.19, we have
. By the hypothesis,
and hence,
It follows from Theorem 3.29 that is g-
-open.
Proposition 3.38. Let be a subset of a strong generalized topological space
. If
is g-
-open and
, then
is g-
-open.
Proof. We have . Since
is g-
-closed, it follows from Proposition 3.25(3) that
is g-
-closed and hence,
is g-
-open.
Definition 3.39. A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is said to be locally
-closed if
, where
and
is
-closed.
Theorem 3.40. For a subset of a strong generalized topological space
, the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is locally
-closed.
(2) for some
.
(3) is
-closed.
(4) .
(5) .
Proof. : Suppose that
, where
and
is
-closed. Since
, we have
. Since
,
. Consequently, we obtain
for some
.
: Suppose that
for some
. Then, we have
Since is
-closed and hence,
is
-closed.
: Since
and by (3), we obtain
: By (4),
.
: We put
. Then
and hence,
Therefore, we obtain , where
and
is
-closed. This shows that
is locally
-closed.
Theorem 3.41. A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is
-closed if and only if
is locally
-closed and g-
-closed.
Proof. Let be
-closed. By Proposition 3.25(1),
is g-
-closed. Since
and
, we have
is locally
-closed.
Conversely, suppose that is locally
-closed and g-
-closed. Since
is locally
-closed, by Theorem 3.40 we have
By Lemma 3.19, and
is g-
-closed. Therefore, we have
and hence, . Thus,
and by Lemma 3.16, we obtain
is
-closed.
Definition 3.42. A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is said to be:
(i) -open if
;
(ii) -open if
;
(iii) -open if
;
(iv) -open if
.
The complement of a -open (resp.
-open,
-open,
-open) set is said to be
-closed (resp.
-closed,
-closed,
-closed).
The family of all -open (resp.
-open,
-open,
-open) sets in a strong generalized topological space
is denoted by
(resp.
,
,
).
Proposition 3.43. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties hold:
(1) .
(2) .
(3) .
Proof. (1) Let is a
-open set. Then, we have
and so .
(2) Let is a
-open set. Then, we have
and hence, .
(3) By (1) and (2), we obtain . Let
. Then, we have
and
. Therefore,
and
. Hence,
and so
. Therefore,
. Consequently, we obtain
Definition 3.44. A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is said to be
-open set if
. The complement of a
-open set is said to be
-closed.
The family of all -open (resp.
-closed) sets in a strong generalized topological space
is denoted by
(resp.
).
Definition 3.45. A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is said to be
-dense if
.
is said to be
-codense if
is
-dense.
Proposition 3.46. For a subset of a strong generalized topological space
, the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-dense.
(2) If is any
-closed set and
, then
.
(3) Each non-empty -open set contains an element of
.
(4) The complement of has empty
-interior.
Proof. : Let
be a
-closed set such that
. Then
.
: Let
be non-empty
-open set such that
; then
, which contradicts (2), since
is
-closed.
: Suppose that
; since
is a
-open set such that
, we have
contains no point of
.
:
so that
.
Remark 3.47. Let be a subset of a strong generalized topological space
. If
is
-dense, then
is
-open.
Proposition 3.48. Let be a subset of a strong generalized topological space
. If
is
-open, then
is the intersection of a
-open set and a
-dense set.
Proof. Suppose that is
-open. Then, we have
and
. Put
and
. Then
is
-open, also
since
and
. Thus, we have
.
Definition 3.49. A strong generalized topological space is said to be
-submaximal if each
-dense set of
is
-open.
Proposition 3.50. Let be a strong generalized topological space. If each
-open set is
-open and each
-open set is
-open, then
is
-submaximal.
Proof. Let be a
-dense set of
. Since
, then
is a
-open set. This implies that
is a
-open set. Since any set is
-open if and only if it is
-open and
-open, then
is an
-open set. Hence, since each
-open set is
-open, we have
is
-open. Thus,
is
-submaximal.
Proposition 3.51. Let be a strong generalized topological space. If each
-open set is
-open, then
is
-submaximal.
Proof. Suppose that each -open set is
-open. It follows that every
-open set is
-open. Since each
-open set is
-open, then each
-open set is
-open. Thus, by Proposition 3.50,
is
-submaximal.
Proposition 3.52. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-submaximal.
(2) Each -codense set
of
is
-closed.
Theorem 3.53. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-submaximal.
(2) Each subset of is locally
-closed set.
(3) Each -dense set of
is the intersection of a
-closed set and a
-open set.
Proof. : Suppose that
is
-submaximal. Let
be any subset of
. Then, we have
and hence, is a
-dense set. By
,
is a
-open set. Thus, we have
is
-open. Consequently,
is a locally
-closed set.
: This is obvious.
: Let
be a
-dense set. By
, there exist a
-open set
and a
-closed set
such that
. Since
and
is a
-dense set, we have
. This implies that
and
is
-open. Hence,
is
-submaximal.
Theorem 3.54. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-submaximal.
(2) Each -codense set of
is the union of a
-open set and a
-closed set.
Proof. This is an immediate consequence of Theorem 3.53.
Definition 3.55. A strong generalized topological space is called
-hyperconnected if every non-empty
-open set is
-dense.
Theorem 3.56. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-hyperconnected.
(2) is
-dense for every non-empty set
.
(3) for every non-empty set
.
(4) for every non-empty set
(5) for every non-empty set
.
Proof. : Let
be any non-empty
-open set. Then, we have
and
.
: Let
be any non-empty
-open set. By (2),
and so
.
: Let
be any non-empty
-open set. Then, we have
By (3), we obtain .
: Let
be any non-empty
-open set. By (4), we have
Consequently, we obtain .
: Let
be any non-empty
-open set. Then
is
-open. By (5), we have
and hence,
. Therefore, we obtain
is
-hyperconnected.
Theorem 3.57. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-hyperconnected.
(2) is
-dense for every non-empty set
.
(3) for every non-empty set
.
(4) for every non-empty set
.
Proof. It is similar to that of Theorem 3.56.
Theorem 3.58. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-hyperconnected.
(2) is
-dense for every non-empty set
.
(3) for every non-empty set
.
Proof. It is similar to that of Theorem 3.56.
Definition 3.59. A strong generalized topological space is called
-extremally disconnected if
is
-open in
for every
-open set
.
Theorem 3.60. A strong generalized topological space is
-extremally disconnected if and only if
for every
-open sets
and
such that
.
Proof. Suppose that and
are
-open sets such that
. By Lemma 3.31, we obtain
and
.
Conversely, let be any
-open set. Then
is
-closed and hence,
is
-open such that
.
By the hypothesis, we have which implies that
. Therefore,
and hence,
. This shows that
is
-open. Consequently, we obtain
is
-extremally disconnected.
Lemma 3.61. Let be a subset of a strong generalized topological space
. If
is
-open, then
.
Theorem 3.62. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-extremally disconnected.
(2) for every
-open sets
and
.
(3) for every
-closed sets
and
.
Proof. : Let
and
be
-open sets. Then by
, we have
and
are
-open sets. By Lemma 3.61,
Consequently, we obtain .
: Let
and
be
-closed sets. Then
and
are
-open. By (2) and Lemma 3.19, we obtain
: The proof is similar to that of
.
: Let
be any
-open set. Then, we have
is
-closed and hence,
is
-open. By (2), we have
which implies that and hence,
. Therefore,
is
-open. Consequently, we obtain
is
-extremally disconnected.
Theorem 3.63. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-extremally disconnected.
(2) for every
-open sets
and
.
(3) for every
-open sets
and
such that
.
Proof. This follows from Theorems 3.60 and Theorem 3.62.
Theorem 3.64. A strong generalized topological space is
-extremally disconnected if and only if
.
Proof. Suppose that is
-extremally disconnected. Let
. Then, we have
. Since
is
-extremally disconnected,
and so . Therefore, we obtain
. On the other hand, let
. Then, we have
. Since
is
-extremally disconnected,
and hence, . Therefore,
. Consequently, we obtain
.
Conversely, suppose that . Let
be any
-open set. Then, we have
and so
. Therefore, we obtain
This shows that is a
-open set. Hence,
is
-extremally disconnected.
Theorem 3.65. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-extremally disconnected.
(2) For each ,
.
(3) For each ,
.
(4) For each ,
.
Proof. : Let
. Then, we have
. Since
is
-extremally disconnected,
Consequently, we obtain . Therefore,
.
: Let
. By
, we have
and hence,
Therefore, we obtain .
: This is obvious since every
-open set is
-open.
: The proof is obvious from Theorem 3.62.
Definition 3.66. A strong generalized topological space is called a
-
space if for each
-open set
and each
,
.
Definition 3.67. A strong generalized topological space is said to be:
(i) -
if for any distinct pair of points in
, there exists a
-open set containing one of the points but not the other.
(ii) -
if for any distinct pair of points
and
in
, there exist a
-open set
containing
but not
and a
-open set
containing
but not
.
Theorem 3.68. Let be a
-
strong generalized topological space. A singleton
is
-closed if and only if
is
-closed.
Proof. Suppose that is
-closed. Then by Theorem 3.10,
For any -open set
containing
,
and hence,
. Therefore, we have
. This shows that
is
-closed.
Conversely, suppose that is
-closed. Since
, we have
. This shows that
is
-closed.
Theorem 3.69. A strong generalized topological space is
-
if and only if for each
, the singleton
is
-closed.
Proof. Suppose that is
-
. For each
, it is obvious that
. If
, (i) there exists a
-open set
such that
and
or (ii) there exists a
-open set
such that
and
. In case of (i),
and
. This shows that
. In case (ii),
and
. This shows that
. Consequently, we obtain
.
Conversely, suppose that is not
-
. There exist two distinct points
,
such that (i)
for every
-open set
containing
and (ii)
for every
-open set
containing
. From (i) and (ii), we obtain
and
, respectively. Therefore, we have
. By Theorem 3.10,
since
is
-closed. This is contrary to
.
Corollary 3.70. Let be a
-
strong generalized topological space. Then
is
-
if for each
, the singleton
is
-closed.
Proof. It is an immediate consequence of Theorem 3.68 and Theorem 3.69.
Theorem 3.71. A strong generalized topological space is
-
if and only if for each
, the singleton
is a
-set.
Proof. Suppose that for some point
distinct from
. Then, we have
and so
for every
-open set
containing
. This contradicts that
is
-
.
Conversely, suppose that is a
-set for each
. Let
and
be any distinct points. Then
and there exists a
-open set
such that
and
. Similarly,
and there exists a
-open set
such that
and
. This shows that
is
-
.
4. (ζ, δ(µ))-open sets and associated separation axioms
In this section, we introduce and investigate several new low separation axioms by utilizing the notion of -open sets.
Definition 4.1. Let be a subset of a strong generalized topological space
. A subset
is defined as follows:
.
Lemma 4.2. For subsets of a strong generalized topological space
, the following properties hold:
(1)
(2) If , then
.
(3) .
(4) If is
-open, then
.
Lemma 4.3. Let be a strong generalized topological space and
. Then,
if and only if
.
Proof. Let . Then, there exists a
-open set
containing
such that
. Hence,
. The converse is similarly shown.
A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is said to be
-neighbourhood of a point
if there exists a
-open set
such that
.
Lemma 4.4. A subset of a strong generalized topological space is
-open in
if and only if it is a
-neighbourhood of each of its points.
Definition 4.5. Let be a strong generalized topological space and
. A subset
is defined as follows:
.
Theorem 4.6. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties hold:
(1) for each subset
of
.
(2) For each ,
.
(3) For each ,
.
(4) If is
-open in
and
, then
.
(5) If is
-closed in
and
, then
.
Proof. Suppose that
. Then
which is a
-open set containing
. Therefore,
. Consequently, we have
. Next, let
such that
and suppose that
. Then, there exists a
-open set
containing
and
. Let
. Hence,
is a
-neighbourhood of
which does not contain
. By this contradiction
.
Let
, then we have
. By Lemma 4.2, we obtain
. Next, we show the opposite implication. Suppose that
. Then, there exists a
-open set
such that
and
. Since
, we have
. Since
,
. Consequently, we obtain
and hence,
.
By the definition of
, we have
and
by Lemma 3.16. On the other hand, we have
and
.
Since
and
is a
-open set, we have
. Hence,
.
Since
and
is a
-closed set, we have
Lemma 4.7. The following properties are equivalent for any points and
in a strong generalized topological space
:
(1) .
(2) .
Proof. : Suppose that
. Then there exists a point
such that
and
or
and
. We prove only the first case being the second analogous. From
it follows that
which implies
. By
, we have
. Since
,
and
. Therefore, it follows that
. Thus,
implies that
.
: Suppose that
. Then, there exists a point
such that
and
or
and
. We prove only the first case being the second analogous.
It follows that there exists a -open set containing
and
but not
. This means that
and thus,
.
Lemma 4.8. Let be a strong generalized topological space and
. Then, the following properties hold:
(1) if and only if
.
(2) if and only if
.
Proof. Let
. Then, there exists
such that
and
. Thus,
. The converse is similarly shown.
Suppose that
for any
. Since
,
and by
,
. By Lemma 3.16, we have
. Similarly, we have
and hence,
. On the other hand, suppose that
Since
, we have
and by
,
. By Lemma 4.2,
. Similarly, we have
and hence,
.
Definition 4.9. A strong generalized topological space is called a
-
space if every
-open set contains the
-closure of each of its singletons.
Theorem 4.10. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is a
-
space.
(2) For any ,
implies
and
for some
.
(3) For any ,
implies
.
(4) For any distinct points and
of
, either
or
.
Proof. : Let
and
. Then by
,
. Put
, then
,
and
.
: Let
and
. There exists
such that
and
. Since
, we have
and
: Suppose that
for distinct points
. There exists
such that
or
such that
. There exists
such that
and
; hence
. Therefore, we have
. By
, we obtain
. The proof for the other case is similar.
: Let
and
. For each
,
and
. This shows that
. By
, we have
for each and hence,
. On the other hand, since
and
, we have
and so
. Consequently, we obtain
and . This shows that
is a
-
space.
Corollary 4.11. A strong generalized topological space is a
-
space if and only if for any
,
implies
Proof. Suppose that is a
-
space. Let
such that
Then, there exists such that
or
such that
. There exists
such that
and
; hence
. Therefore, we have
. Thus,
which implies and
. The proof for otherwise is similar.
Conversely, let and
. Now, we will show that
. Let
, i.e.,
. Then, we have
and
. This shows that
. By the hypothesis,
and . This implies that
. Consequently, we obtain
is
-
.
Theorem 4.12. A strong generalized topological space is a
-
space if and only if for any
,
implies
Proof. Suppose that is a
-
space. Thus by Lemma 4.7, for any points
if
, then
. Now, we prove that
. Assume that
By , it follows that
. Since
, by Corollary 4.11,
. Similarly, we have
. This is a contradiction. Consequently, we obtain
Conversely, let be a strong generalized topological space such that for any points
,
implies
. If
, then by Lemma 4.7,
. Therefore,
which implies
Because implies that
by Lemma 4.8 and therefore
. By the hypothesis, we have
. Then
would imply that
This is a contradiction. Therefore, and by Corollary 4.11,
is a
-
space.
Theorem 4.13. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-
.
(2) For any non-empty set and
such that
, there exists
such that
and
.
(3) For any ,
.
(4) For any ,
.
(5) For any ,
.
Proof. : Let
be any non-empty set of
and
such that
. There exists
. Since
, we have
. Put
, then
,
and
.
: Let
, then
. Let
be any point of
. By
, there exists
such that
and
. Therefore, we have
and hence,
Consequently, we obtain .
: This is obvious.
: Let
be any point of
and
. There exists
such that
and
; hence,
. By
,
and there exists
such that
and
. Therefore,
and
. Consequently, we obtain
.
: Let
and
. Let
, then
and
. This implies that
. Therefore, we have
. This shows that
is a
-
space.
Corollary 4.14. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-
.
(2) for all
.
Proof. : Suppose that
is a
-
space. By Theorem 4.13,
for each
. Let
, then
. By Corollary 4.11, we have
. Therefore,
and so
. Consequently, we obtain
.
: By Theorem 4.13.
Corollary 4.15. Let be a
-
strong generalized topological space and
. If
, then
.
Proof. This is a consequence of Corollary 4.14.
Theorem 4.16. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-
.
(2) if and only if
.
Proof. : Suppose that
is
-
. Let
and
be any
-open set such that
. Therefore,
. Since
and
is
-
, by Corollary 4.14,
. Therefore, every
-open set containing
contains
. Hence,
.
: Let
be any
-open set and
. If
, then
and hence,
. This implies that
. Hence,
is a
-
space.
Theorem 4.17. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-
.
(2) for each
.
(3) is
-closed for each
.
Proof. : By Corollary 4.14,
for each
. Hence,
.
: Since
for each
, we have
By Theorem 4.13,
is
-
.
: This is a consequence of Theorem 4.6.
Theorem 4.18. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-
.
(2) For each non-empty set of
and each
such that
, there exists a
-closed set
such that
and
.
(3) for any
-closed set
.
(4) for each
.
Proof. : By Theorem 4.13.
: Let
be any
-closed set. By Lemma 4.2, we have
. Next, we show
. Let
. Then
and by
, there exists a
-closed set
such that
and
. Now, put
. Then
and
. Therefore,
. This shows that
.
: Let
and
. There exists a
-open set
such that
and
. Hence,
. By
,
. Since
, there exists a
-open set
such that
and
. This implies that
Since , we have
. Therefore,
. Moreover,
. Consequently, we obtain
.
: By Corollary 4.14.
Definition 4.19. Let be a strong generalized topological space,
and
be a net in
. A net
is called
-converges to
, if for each
-open set
containing
, there exists
such that
for each
.
Lemma 4.20. Let be a strong generalized topological space and let
and
be any two points of
such that every net in
-converging to
-converges to
. Then
.
Proof. Suppose that for each
. Then
is a net in
. By the fact that
converges to
,
converges to
and this means that
.
Theorem 4.21. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is a
-
space.
(2) If , then
if and only if every net in
-converging to
-converges to
.
Proof. : Let
such that
. Suppose that
is a net in
such that
-converging to
. Since
, by Theorem 4.16, we have
. Thus,
. This mean that
-converging to
.
Conversely, let such that every net in
-converging to
-converges to
. Then
by Lemma 4.20. By Theorem 4.16, we have
. Hence,
.
: Let
and
are any two points of
such that
. Suppose that
for each
. Then
is a net in
such that
-converges to
. Since
and
-converges to
, it follows from
-converges to
. Thus,
. By Theorem 4.16,
is
-
.
Definition 4.22. A strong generalized topological space is called a
-
space if for any points
in
with
, there exist disjoint
-open sets
and
such that
and
.
Proposition 4.23. If is a
-
space, then
is
-
.
Proof. Let be any
-open set and let
. If
, then since
,
and there exists a
-open set
such that
and hence,
, which implies
. Thus,
. Therefore,
is
-
.
Theorem 4.24. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is a
-
space.
(2) For each one of the following hold:
(a) For any -open set
,
if and only if
.
(b) There exist disjoint -open sets
and
such that
and
.
(3) For each such that
, there exist
-closed sets
and
such that
and
.
Proof. : Let
. Then (a)
or (b)
. If
and
is any
-open set, then by Proposition 4.23,
implies
and also
implies
. If
, then by
there exist disjoint
-open sets
and
such that
and
.
: Let
such that
. Then, we have
or
, say
. Then, there exists a
-open set
such that
and
. This shows that (b) holds. There exist disjoint
-open sets
and
such that
and
. Put
and
. Then
and
are
-closed sets such that
and
.
: First, we shall show that
is a
-
space. Let
be any
-open set and
. Suppose that
. Then
and hence,
since
. By
, there exist
-closed sets
and
such that
and
. Then
and
is
-open. Therefore, we have
and we obtain
. This shows that
is a
-
space. Next, we show that
is
-
. Let
such that
. By
, there exist
-closed sets
and
such that
and
. Now put
and
. Then
and
are disjoint
-open sets. Moreover, we have
and
since
is a
-
space. Therefore,
is a
-
space.
Theorem 4.25. A strong generalized topological space is
-
if and only if for every pair of points
and
of
such that
, there exist a
-open set
and a
-open set
such that
,
and
.
Proof. Suppose that is a
-
space. Let
be points of
such that
. Then, there exist disjoint
-open sets
and
such that
and
.
Conversely, suppose that there exist a -open set
and a
-open set
such that
,
and
. Since every
-
space is
-
,
and
. Hence, the claim.
Definition 4.26. Let be a subset of a strong generalized topological space
. The
-closure of
,
, is defined as follows:
A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is called
-closed if
. The complement of a
-closed set is said to be
-open.
In Theorem 4.17, we obtain that a strong generalized topological space is
-
if and only if
for each
. For a
-
space, we have the following theorem.
Theorem 4.27. A strong generalized topological space is
-
if and only if
for each
.
Proof. Let be
-
, then by Proposition 4.23, it is
-
and by Theorem 4.17,
for each
. Therefore,
for each
. In order to show the opposite inclusion, suppose that
. Then
. Since
is
-
, by Theorem 4.17,
. Since
is
-
, there exist disjoint
such that
and
. Since
, we have
. Consequently, we obtain
and hence,
Conversely, suppose that for each
. Then
and
for each . By Theorem 4.17,
is
-
. Suppose that
Then by Corollary 4.11, and by Theorem 4.17, we have
. Therefore,
. Since
, there exists
such that
. Let
, then
. Since
is
-
, we obtain
and
. This shows that
is
-
.
Theorem 4.28. A strong generalized topological space is
-
if and only if
for each
.
Proof. Let be
-
. By Theorem 4.27, we have
and hence,
for each
.
Conversely, suppose that for each
. First, we show that
is
-
. Let
and
. If
, then
. Hence,
. There exists
such that
and
. Since
,
. This shows that
and
is
-
. By Theorem 4.17,
for each
and by Theorem 4.27, we obtain
is
-
.
Definition 4.29. A strong generalized topological space is said to be:
(i) -
if for any distinct pair of points in
, there exists a
-open set containing one of the points but not the other.
(ii) -
if for any distinct pair of points
and
in
, there exist a
-open set
containing
but not
and a
-open set
containing
but not
.
(iii) -
if for any distinct pair of points
and
in
, there exist
-open sets
and
such that
,
and
.
Theorem 4.30. A strong generalized topological space is
-
if and only if for each pair of distinct points
and
of
,
.
Proof. Suppose that ,
and
. Let
be a point of
such that
but
. We claim that
. For, if
, then
. And this contradicts the fact that
. Consequently,
belongs to the
-open set
to which
does not belong.
Conversely, let be a
-
space and
be any two distinct points of
. There exists a
-open set
containing
or
, say
but not
. Then
is a
-closed set which does not contain
but contains
. Since
is the smallest
-closed set containing
,
and so
. Consequently, we obtain
.
Theorem 4.31. A strong generalized topological space is
-
if and only if the singletons are
-closed sets.
Proof. Suppose that is
-
and
be any point of
. Let
. Then
and so there exists a
-open set
such that
but
. Consequently,
, i.e.,
which is
-open.
Conversely, suppose that is
-closed for every
. Let
such that
. Now,
implies
. Hence,
is a
-open set containing
but not
. Similarly,
is a
-open set containing
but not
. Therefore,
is a
-
space.
Theorem 4.32. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-
.
(2) For any ,
is
-closed.
(3) is
-
and
-
.
Proof. : Let
be any point of
. Let
be any point of
such that
. There exists a
-open set
such that
and
. This implies that
. Consequently, we obtain
and hence,
is
-closed.
: The proof is obvious.
: Let
and
be any distinct points of
. Since
is a
-
space, there exists a
-open set
such that either
and
or
and
. In case
and
, we have
and hence,
. Since the proof of the other is quite similar,
is a
-
space.
Theorem 4.33. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-
.
(2) is
-
and
-
.
(3) is
-
and
-
.
Proof. : Since
is
-
,
is
-
. Let
and
be any points of
such that
. Then, by Theorem 4.32,
and there exist disjoint
-open sets
and
such that
and
. This shows that
is a
-
space.
: The proof is obvious.
: Let
be
-
and
-
. By Proposition 4.23 and Theorem 4.32,
is a
-
space and every singleton is
-closed. Let
and
be distinct points of
. Then, we have
and there exist disjoint -open sets
and
such that
and
. This shows that
is a
-
space.
Proposition 4.34. If a strong generalized topological space is
-
, then
is
-symmetric.
Proof. In a -
space singleton sets are
-closed by Theorem 4.31 and hence, g-
-closed by Proposition 3.25. By Theorem 3.22, the space is
-symmetric.
Theorem 4.35. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-symmetric and
-
.
(2) is
-
.
Proof. : Suppose that
is
-symmetric and
-
. Let
such that
and by
-
, we may assume that
for some
. Then
. Therefore, we have
. There exists a
-open set
such that
. Consequently, we obtain
is a
-
space.
: Suppose that
is
-
. Since
is
-
,
is
-
and by Proposition 4.34, we have
is
-symmetric.
Definition 4.36. A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is called
-set if
. The family of all
-sets of
is denoted by
.
Definition 4.37. A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is called a generalized
-set (briefly g-
-set) if
whenever
and
is
-closed.
Definition 4.38. A strong generalized topological space is called a
-
-space if every g-
-closed set of
is
-closed.
Lemma 4.39. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties hold:
(1) For each , the singleton
is
-closed or
is g-
-closed.
(2) For each , the singleton
is
-open or
is a g-
-set.
Proof. Let
and the singleton
be not
-closed. Then
is not
-open and
is the only
-open set which contains
and hence,
is g-
-closed.
Let
and the singleton
be not
-open. Then
is not
-closed and the only
-closed set which contains
is
and hence,
is a g-
-set.
Theorem 4.40. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is a
-
-space.
(2) For each , the singleton
is
-open or
-closed.
(3) Every g--set is a
-set.
Proof. : By Lemma 4.39, for each
, the singleton
is
-closed or
is g-
-closed. Since
is a
-
-space,
is
-closed and hence,
is
-open in the latter case. Therefore, the singleton
is
-open or
-closed.
: Suppose that there exists a g-
-set
which is not a
-set. There exists
such that
. In case the singleton
is
-open,
and
is
-closed. Since
is a g-
-set,
. This is a contradiction. In case the singleton
is
-closed,
and
is
-open. By Lemma 4.2,
. This is a contradiction. Therefore, every g-
-set is a
-set.
: Suppose that
is not a
-
-space. Then, there exists a g-
-closed set
which is not
-closed. Since
is not
-closed, there exists a point
such that
. By Lemma 4.39, the singleton
is
-open or
is a
-set. (a) In case
is
-open, since
,
and
. This is a contradiction. (b) In case
is a
-set, if
is not
-closed,
is not
-open and
. Hence,
is not a
-set. This contradicts
. If
is
-closed,
and
is g-
-closed. Hence, we have
. This contradicts that
. Therefore,
is a
-
-space.
Definition 4.41. A strong generalized topological space is said to be
-regular if for each
-closed set
not containing
, there exist disjoint
-open sets
and
such that
and
.
Theorem 4.42. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-regular.
(2) For each and each
such that
, there exists
such that
.
(3) For each -closed set
,
.
(4) For each subset of
and each
such that
, there exists
such that
and
.
(5) For each non-empty subset of
and each
-closed set
such that
, there exist
such that
,
and
.
(6) For each -closed set
and
, there exist
and a g-
-open set
such that
,
and
.
(7) For each subset of
and each
-closed set
such that
, there exist
and a g-
-open set
such that
,
and
.
Proof. : Let
and
. Then
, there exist disjoint
such that
and
. Thus,
and so
.
: For any
, we always have
On the other hand, let such that
. Then by
, there exists
such that
. Therefore,
and
. Then
. Thus,
.
: Let
be a subset of
and
such that
. Let
. Then
. Hence by
, there exists
such that
and
. Put
which is a
-open set containing
and
. Now,
and hence,
.
: Let
be a non-empty subset of
and
be a
-closed set such that
. Then
such that
and by
, there exists
such that
and
. Put
, then
is a
-open set such that
and
.
: Let
be any
-closed set not containing
. Then
. Thus by
, there exists
such that
and
.
: The proof is obvious.
: Let
be a subset of
and
be a
-closed set such that
. Then, for
and hence by
, there exist
and a g-
-open set
such that
,
and
. Consequently, we obtain
,
and
.
: Let
be any
-closed set such that
. Since
, by
there exist
and a g-
-open set
such that
,
and
. Since
is g-
-open, by Theorem 3.29, we have
and hence,
.
Definition 4.43. A strong generalized topological space is said to be
-normal if for any pair of disjoint
-closed sets
and
, there exist disjoint
-open sets
and
such that
and
.
Theorem 4.44 For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-normal.
(2) For every pair of -open sets
and
whose union is
, there exist
-closed sets
and
such that
,
and
.
(3) For every -closed set
and every
-open set
containing
, there exists a
-open set
such that
.
(4) For every pair of disjoint -closed sets
and
, there exist
-open sets
and
such that
,
and
.
Proof. : Let
and
be a pair of
-open sets in a
-normal space
such that
. Then
and
are disjoint
-closed sets. Since
is
-normal, there exist disjoint
-open sets
and
such that
and
. Put
and
. Then
and
are
-closed sets such that
,
and
.
: Let
be a
-closed set and
be a
-open set containing
. Then
and
are
-open sets whose union is
. Then by
, there exist
-closed sets
and
such that
,
and
. Then
,
and
. Put
and
. Then
and
are disjoint
-open sets such that
. As
is a
-closed set, we have
and
.
: Let
and
be two disjoint
-closed sets. Then
and
is
-open. By
, there exists a
-open set
such that
. Again, since
is a
-open set containing the
-closed set
, there exists a
-open set
such that
. Put
. Then
is
-open and
. Since
, we have
and
. Therefore,
.
: The proof is obvious.
Theorem 4.45. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-normal.
(2) For every pair of disjoint -closed sets
and
, there exist disjoint g-
-open sets
and
such that
and
.
(3) For each -closed set
and each
-open set
containing
, there exists a g-
-open set
such that
.
(4) For each -closed set
and each g-
-open set
containing
, there exists a
-open set
such that
.
(5) For each -closed set
and each g-
-open set
containing
, there exists a g-
-open set
such that
.
(6) For each g--closed set
and each
-open set
containing
, there exists a
-open set
such that
.
(7) For each g--closed set
and each
-open set
containing
, there exists a g-
-open set
such that
.
Proof. : The proof is obvious.
: Let
be a
-closed set and
be a
-open set containing
. Then
and
are two disjoint
-closed sets. Hence by
, there exist disjoint g-
-open sets
and
such that
and
. Since
is g-
-open and
is
-closed, by Theorem 3.29,
. Since
, we have
. Thus,
.
: Let
and
be two disjoint
-closed sets. Then
is a
-open set containing
. Thus by
, there exists a g-
-open set
such that
. Therefore,
. Since
is a
-closed set and
is a g-
-open set, by Theorem 3.29, we have
. Consequently, we obtain
. This shows that
is
-normal.
: This is obvious.
: This is obvious.
: Let
be a
-closed set and
be a g-
-open set containing
. Since
is g-
-open and
is
-closed, by Theorem 3.29,
. Thus by
, there exists a g-
-open set
such that
.
: Let
be a g-
-closed set and
be a
-open set containing
. Then
. Since
is g-
-open, there exists a g-
-open set
such that
. Since
is g-
-open and
is
-closed, by Theorem 3.29, we have
. Put
. Then, we have
is
-open and
.
: Let
be a
-closed set and
be a g-
-open set containing
. Then by Theorem 3.29, we have
. Since
is g-
-closed and
is
-open, by
there exists a
-open set
such that
.
5. Characterizations of weakly (ζ, δ(µ))-continuous functions
We begin this section by introducing the notion of weakly -continuous functions.
Definition 5.1. A function is said to be weakly
-continuous at a point
if for each
-open set
containing
, there exists a
-open set
containing
such that
. A function
is said to be weakly
-continuous if it has this property at each point
.
Theorem 5.2. A function is weakly
-continuous at
if and only if for each
-open set
containing
,
Proof. Let be any
-open set containing
. Then, there exists a
-open set
containing
such that
. Then, we have
and hence,
.
Conversely, let be any
-open set containing
. Then, by the hypothesis, we have
. There exists a
-open set
such that
and
; hence
. This shows that
is weakly
-continuous at
.
Theorem 5.3. A function is weakly
-continuous if and only if
for every
-open set
of
.
Proof. Let be any
-open set of
and
. Then
. Since
is weakly
-continuous at
, by Theorem 5.2, we have
and hence,
.
Conversely, let and
be any
-open set of
containing
. Then, we have
and by Theorem 5.2,
is weakly
-continuous.
The following theorems give some characterizations of weakly -continuous functions.
Theorem 5.4. For a function , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is weakly
-continuous.
(2) for every
-open set
of
.
(3) for every
-closed set
of
.
(4) for every subset
of
.
(5) for every subset
of
.
(6) for every
-open set
of
.
Proof. : This is obvious from Theorem 5.3.
: Let
be any
-closed set of
. Then
is
-open and by (2), we have
Consequently, we obtain .
: Let
be any subset of
. Then
is
-closed, by (3), we have
.
: Let
be any subset of
. By (4), we have
Thus, we get the result.
: Let
be any
-open set of
. Suppose that
Then, we have and there exists a
-open set
containing
such that
and hence,
. By (5),
. There exists a
-open set
containing
such that
. Since
and
, we have
. This implies that
. Therefore,
.
: Let
and
be any
-open set containing
. Since
and by (6),
So there exists a -open set
containing
such that
. This shows that
is weakly
-continuous.
Theorem 5.5. For a function , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is weakly
-continuous.
(2) for every
-closed set
of
.
(3) for every
-open set
of
.
(4) for every
-open set
of
.
Proof. : Let
be any
-closed set of
. Then, we have
is -open, by Theorem 5.4(6),
Since is
-closed, we have
: Let
be any
-open set. Then, we have
and hence, is
-closed. By (2), it follows that
: The proof is obvious.
: Let
be any
-open set of
. By (4), we have
Hence, by Theorem 5.4(6), is weakly
-continuous.
Theorem 5.6. For a function , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is weakly
-continuous.
(2) for every
-open set
of
.
(3) for every
-open set
of
.
(4) for every
-open set
of
.
Proof. : Let
be any
-open set of
. Then, we have
and so
is
-closed. By Theorem 5.5(2), it follows that
: Let
be any
-open set of
. Then, we have
and by (2),
: Let
be any
-open set of
. By (3), it follows that
: Since every
-open set is
-open, by
and Theorem 5.4(2), it follows that
is weakly
-continuous.
Theorem 5.7. For a function , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is weakly
-continuous.
(2) for every subset
of
.
(3) for every
-closed set
of
.
(4) for every
-open set
of
.
(5) for every
-open set
of
.
(6) for every
-open set
of
.
(7) for every
-open set
of
.
Proof. : Let
be any subset of
and
. Then, we have
and there exists a
-open set
containing
such that
. This implies that
. Since
is weakly
-continuous, there exists a
-open set
containing
such that
. Then
and hence,
. Consequently, we obtain
.
: Let
be any
-closed set of
. By
, we have
: Let
be any
-open set of
. Since
is
-closed and by
, we have
: Let
be any
-open set of
. Since
is
-open and by (4), we have
Consequently, we obtain .
: Let
and
be any
-open set containing
. Then, we have
. Put
. Thus,
and hence,
is weakly
-continuous.
: This is a consequence of Theorem 5.6.
Definition 5.8. A strong generalized topological space is called
-connected if
cannot be written as a disjoint union of two non-empty
-open sets.
Proposition 5.9. For a strong generalized topological space , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-connected.
(2) The only subsets of , which are both
-open and
-closed are
and
.
Definition 5.10. A strong generalized topological space is said to be
-Urysohn if for each distinct points
, there exist
containing
and
, respectively, such that
.
Proposition 5.11. If is a weakly
-continuous injection and
is
-Urysohn, then
is
-
.
Proof. Let be distinct points of
. Then
. Since
is
-Urysohn, there exist
containing
and
, respectively, such that
. Since
is weakly
-continuous, there exist
containing
and
, respectively, such that
and
. Therefore,
. Consequently, we obtain
is
-
.
Proposition 5.12. Let be a weakly
-continuous surjection. If
is
-connected, then
is
-connected.
Proof. Suppose that is not
-connected. Then, there exist non-empty
-open sets
such that
and
. By Theorem 5.3, we have
for
. Since
is
-closed in
for each
. Therefore, we obtain
and hence by Lemma 3.19,
is
-open for
. Moreover,
is union of non-empty disjoint sets
and
. This implies that
is not
-connected. This is contrary to the hypothesis that
is
-connected. Therefore,
is
-connected.
Definition 5.13. A subset of a strong generalized topological space
is said to be
-closed (resp.
-compact) relative to
if for any cover
of
by
-open sets of
, there exists a finite subset
of
such that
(resp.
). If
is
-closed (resp.
-compact) relative to
, then
is said to be
-closed (resp.
-compact).
Proposition 5.14. If is weakly
-continuous and
is
-compact, then
is
-closed relative to
.
Proof. Let be any cover of
by
-open sets of
. For each
, there exists
such that
. Since
is weakly
-continuous, there exists a
-open set
containing
such that
. The family
is a cover of
by
-open sets of
. Since
is
-compact relative to
, there exist a finite number of points, say,
in
such that
.
Therefore, we obtain
This shows that is
-closed relative to
.
Corollary 5.15. If is a weakly
-continuous surjection and
is
-compact, then
is
-closed.
Theorem 5.16. The set of all points at which a function
is not weakly
-continuous is identical with the union of the
-frontiers of the inverse images of the
-closure of
-open sets containing
.
Proof. Suppose that is not weakly
-continuous at
. There exists a
-open set
containing
such that
is not contained in
for every
-open set
containing
. Then
for every
-open set
containing
and
. On the other hand, we have
and hence,
.
Conversely, suppose that is weakly
-continuous at
and let
be any
-open set containing
. Then by Theorem 5.2, we have
. Therefore,
for each
-open set
of
containing
. This completes the proof.
Proposition 5.17. If is weakly
-continuous and
is
-
, then
has
-closed point inverses.
Proof. Let . We show that
is
-closed, or equivalently
is
-open. Let
. Since
and
is
-
, there exist disjoint
-open sets
such that
and
. Since
, by Lemma 3.31, we have
. Thus,
. Since
is weakly
-continuous, there exists a
-open set
containing
such that
. Now, suppose that
is not contained in
. Then, there exists a point
such that
. Since
, we have
. This is a contradiction. Therefore,
and so
is
-neighbourhood of
. By Lemma 4.4, we obtain
is a
-open set.
Proposition 5.18. Let be a strong generalized topological space. If for each pair of distinct points
and
in
, there exists a function
of
into
such that
(1) is
-Urysohn;
(2) and
(3) is weakly
-continuous at
and
, then
is
-
.
Proof. Let be any distinct points of
. Then, by the hypothesis, there exists a function
which satisfies the conditions
,
and
. Let
for
. Then
. Since
is
-Urysohn, there exist
-open sets
in
containing
such that
Since
is weakly
-continuous at
and
, for
there exist
containing
such that
. Hence, we get
. Therefore,
is
-
.
Corollary 5.19. If is a weakly
-continuous injection and
is
-Urysohn, then
is
-
.
Lemma 5.20.Let be a subset of a strong generalized topological space
. Then
if and only if
for every
containing
.
Proof. Suppose that there exists containing
such that
. Then
and hence,
. Since
, we have
.
Conversely, suppose that . There exists a
-closed set
of
such that
,
and
. Thus, there exists
containing
such that
.
Lemma 5.21. For a subset of a strong generalized topological space
, the following properties hold:
(1) If is
-open, then
.
(2) is
-closed for every subset
of
.
Proof. In general, we have
. Suppose that
. Then by Lemma 5.20, there exists
containing
such that
; hence
since
is
-open. This shows that
. Consequently, we obtain
.
Let
. Then, we have
. There exists
containing
such that
. Then
and hence,
. Therefore,
This shows that
is
-closed.
Theorem 5.22. For a function , the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is weakly
-continuous.
(2) for every subset
of
.
(3) for every subset
of
.
(4) for every
-open set
of
.
Proof. : Let
be any subset of
. Suppose that
and
be any
-open set containing
. Since
is weakly
-continuous, there exists a
-open set
containing
such that
. Since
, we have
. It follows that
Therefore, and hence,
.
: Let
be any subset of
. By
, we have
and so .
: Let
be any
-open set of
. By Lemma 5.21,
Thus, the proof is obvious.
: Let
be any
-open set containing
. Since
we have
and hence,
Since and by
,
There exists a -open set
containing
such that
hence . Therefore,
is weakly
-continuous.
Lemma 5.23. Let be a
-regular space. Then, the following properties hold:
(1) for every subset
of
.
(2) Every -open set is
-open.
Proof. In general, we have
for every subset
of
. Next, we show that
. Let
and
be any
-open set containing
. Then by Theorem 4.42, there exists a
-open set
such that
. Since
, it follows that
and hence
. By Lemma 5.20, we have
. Thus,
. Consequently, we obtain
.
Let
. By
, we have
and so
is
-closed. Therefore,
is
-open.
Theorem 5.24. Let be a
-regular space. Then, for a function
, the following properties are equivalent:
(1) is
-closed in
for every subset
of
.
(2) is weakly
-continuous.
(3) is
-closed in
for every
-closed set
of
.
(4) is
-open in
for every
-open set
of
.
Proof. : Let
be any subset of
. Then, we have
. Therefore, by Theorem 5.22,
is weakly
-continuous.
: Let
be any
-closed set of
. By Theorem 5.22, we have
. Therefore,
is
-closed.
: The proof is obvious.
: Let
be any subset of
. By Lemma 5.21, we have
is
-closed and so
is
-open. Therefore, by Lemma 5.23,
is
-open and by
,
is
-open and by Lemma 5.23, we have
is
-open. Consequently, we obtain
is
-closed.
Additional information
Funding
Notes on contributors
Chawalit Boonpok
Chawalit Boonpok received his Ph.D. (Applied Mathematics) from Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic. Currently, he is working as an assistant professor at the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University, Thailand. His research interest focuses on Topology.
References
- Caldas, M., Jafari, S., & Noiri, T. (2004). Characterizations of Λθ-R0 and Λθ-R1 topological spaces. Acta Mathematica Hungarica, 103, 85–95.
- Cammaroto, F., & Noiri, T. (2005). On Λm -sets and related topological spaces. Acta Mathematica Hungarica, 109, 261–279.
- Császár, Á. (1997). Generalized open sets. Acta Mathematica Hungarica, 75, 65–87.
- Császár, Á. (2002). Generalized topology, generalized continuity. Acta Mathematica Hungarica, 96, 351–357.
- Császár, Á. (2004). Extremally disconnected generalized topologies. Annales Universitatis Scientiarum Budapestinensis, 47, 91–96.
- Császár, Á. (2005). Generalized open sets in generalized topologies. Acta Mathematica Hungarica, 106, 53–66.
- Császár, Á. (2008). δ - and θ-modifications of generalized topologies. Acta Mathematica Hungarica, 120, 275–279.
- Davis, A. S. (1961). Indexed systems of neighborhoods for general topological spaces. The American Mathematical Monthly, 68, 886–893.
- Dorsett, C. (1978a). Semi-T2, semi-R1 and semi-R0 topological spaces. Annales de la Societe scientifique de Bruxelles, 92, 143–150.
- Dorsett, C. (1978b). R0 and R1 topological spaces. Matematicki Vesnik, 2(15). (30), 117–122.
- Dube, K. K. (1982). A note on R1 topological spaces. Periodica Mathematica Hungarica, 13, 267–271.
- Ekici, E. (2011). Generalized hyperonnectedness. Acta Mathematica Hungarica, 133, 140–147.
- Ekici, E. (2012). Generalized submaximal spaces. Acta Mathematica Hungarica, 134, 132–138.
- Ekici, E., Jafari, S., Caldas, M., & Noiri, T. (2008). Weakly λ-continuous functions. Novi Sad Journal of Mathematics, 38, 47–56.
- Ekici, E., & Roy, B. (2011). New generalized topologies on generalized topological spaces due to Császár. Acta Mathematica Hungarica, 132, 117–124.
- Janković, D. S. (1985).θ-regular spaces. International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 8, 615–619.
- Levine, N. (1961). A Decomposition of continuity in topological spaces. The American Mathematical Monthly, 68, 44–46.
- Lugojan, S. (1982). Generalized topology. Studii si Cercetari Matematice, 34, 348–360.
- Maheshwari, S. N., & Prasad, R. (1975). On (R0)s-spaces. Portugaliae Mathematica, 34, 213–217.
- Min, W. K. (2009). Weak continuity on generalized topological spaces. Acta Mathematica Hungarica, 124, 73–81.
- Min, W. K. (2010). (δ,δ’)-continuity on generalized topological spaces. Acta Mathematica Hungarica, 129, 350–356.
- Murdeshwar, M. G., & Naimpally, S. A. (1966). R1-topological spaces. Canadian Mathematical Bullentin, 9, 521–523.
- Naimpally, S. A. (1967). On R0-topological spaces. Annales Universitatis Scientiarium Budapestinensis de Rolando Eötvös Nominatae Sectio Mathematica, 10, 53–54.
- Noiri, T. (1987). Weakly α-continuous functions, International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 10, 483–490.
- Noiri, T. (2006). Unified characterizations for modifications of R0 and R1 topological spaces. Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo, 55, 29–42.
- Noiri, T. (2007). A unified theory for modifications of g-closed sets. Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo, 56, 171–184.
- Noiri, T. (2008). The further unified theory for modifications of g-closed sets. Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo, 57, 411–421.
- Noiri, T., & Roy, B. (2011). Unification of generalized open sets on topological spaces. Acta Mathematica Hungarica, 130, 349–357.
- Paul, R., & Bhattacharyya, P. (1992). Quasi-precontinuous functions. Journal of Indian Academy of Mathematics, 14, 115–126.
- Popa, V., & Noiri, T. (1992). Almost weakly continuous functions. Demonstratio Mathematica, 25, 241–251.
- Popa, V., & Noiri, T. (1994). Weakly β-continuous functions. Analele Universitatii din Timsoara. Seria Matematica-informatica, 32, 83–92.
- Popa, V., & Noiri, T. (2002a). On weakly (τ,m)-continuous functions. Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo, 51, 295–316.
- Popa, V., & Noiri, T. (2002b). A unified theory of weak continuity for functions. Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo, 51, 439–464.
- Popa, V., & Stan, C. (1973). On a decomposition of quasicontinuity in topological spaces (Romanian). Studii si Cercetari de Matematica, 25, 41–43.
- Rose, D. A. (1984). Weak continuity and almost continuity. International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 7, 311–318.
- Rose, D. A. (1990). A note on Levine’s decomposition of continuity. Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 21, 985–987.
- Roy, B. (2010). On generalized R0 and R1spaces. Acta Mathematica Hungarica, 127, 291–300.
- Roy, B., & Ekici, E. (2011). On (Λ,μ)-closed sets in generalized topological spaces. Methods of Functional Analysis and Topology, 17, 174–179.
- Sen, A. K., & Bhattacharyya, P. (1993). On weakly α-continuous functions. Tamkang Journal of Mathematics, 24, 445–460.
- Shanin, N. A. (1943). On separation in topological spaces. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 38, 110–113.