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In mathematics, there are a few topological spaces named after M. K. Fort, Jr.

Fort space

Fort space is defined by taking an infinite set X, with a particular point p in X, and declaring open the subsets A of X such that:

• A does not contain p, or
• A contains all but a finite number of points of X.

The subspace $X\setminus \{p\}$ has the discrete topology and is open and dense in X. The space X is homeomorphic to the one-point compactification of an infinite discrete space.

Modified Fort space

Modified Fort space is similar but has two particular points. So take an infinite set X with two distinct points p and q, and declare open the subsets A of X such that:

• A contains neither p nor q, or
• A contains all but a finite number of points of X.

The space X is compact and T₁, but not Hausdorff.

Fortissimo space

Fortissimo space is defined by taking an uncountable set X, with a particular point p in X, and declaring open the subsets A of X such that:

• A does not contain p, or
• A contains all but a countable number of points of X.

The subspace $X\setminus \{p\}$ has the discrete topology and is open and dense in X. The space X is not compact, but it is a Lindelöf space. It is obtained by taking an uncountable discrete space, adding one point and defining a topology such that the resulting space is Lindelöf and contains the original space as a dense subspace. Similarly to Fort space being the one-point compactification of an infinite discrete space, one can describe Fortissimo space as the one-point Lindelöfication of an uncountable discrete space.

See also

• Arens–Fort space – Topological space
• Cofinite topology – Subset with finite complementPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• List of topologies – List of concrete topologies and topological spaces

References

• M. K. Fort, Jr. "Nested neighborhoods in Hausdorff spaces." American Mathematical Monthly vol.62 (1955) 372.
• Steen, Lynn Arthur; Seebach, J. Arthur Jr. (1995) [1978], Counterexamples in Topology (Dover reprint of 1978 ed.), Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-0-486-68735-3, MR 0507446