Topology Atlas Document # paca-16

Inverse limits, compactness and why Hausdorffness is important

Henno Brandsma

a note in Topology Explained
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The inverse limit of (non-empty) compact spaces is compact and non-empty. We give examples to show that these results are not valid for non-Hausdorff spaces.

Date: November 15, 2003


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