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Topology, predicatively

We do not have power sets so we cannot define topological spaces. Instead, we have to use a dominance such as the initial σ\sigma-frame Σ\Sigma.

  • LEM Σ\mathrm{LEM}_\Sigma: The boolean domain is the initial σ\sigma-frame.

A predicative topological space consists of a set XX and a sub-σ\sigma-frame τX Σ\tau \subseteq X^\Sigma of the set of functions into the initial σ\sigma-frame.

A base or basis for (or “of”) XX (or τ\tau) is a collection BτB \subseteq \tau – whose members are called basic open subsets or generating open subsets – such that every open subset is a countable union of basic ones.

A predicative topological space is second-countable if BB is a countable set.

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