nLab Nagata-Smirnov metrization theorem

Idea

The Nagata-Smirnov metrization theorem gives a necessary and sufficient condition under which a space is metrisable.

Statement

Theorem

A topological space X X is metrisable if and only if it is regular, Hausdorff and has a countably locally finite base.

References

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