Objects Defined in Terms of Bases
- The order topology is usually defined as the topology generated by a collection of open-interval-like sets.
- The metric topology is usually defined as the topology generated by a collection of open balls.
- A second-countable space is one that has a countable base.
- The discrete topology has the singletons as a base.
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