Image of Point under Open Neighborhood of Diagonal is Open Neighborhood of Point

Theorem
Let $T = \struct{X, \tau}$ be a topological space.

Let $\tau_{X \times X}$ denote the product topology on the cartesian product $X \times X$.

Let $U$ be an open neighborhood of the diagonal $\Delta_X$ of $X \times X$ in the product space $\struct {X \times X, \tau_{X \times X} }$.

Then:
 * $\forall x \in X : \map U x$ is an open neighborhood of $x$ in $T$

Proof
Let $x \in X$.

By definition of open neighborhood:
 * $U$ is a neighborhood of $\Delta_X$

From Image of Point under Neighborhood of Diagonal is Neighborhood of Point:
 * $\map U x$ is a neighborhood of $x$ in $T$

It remains to show that $\map U x$ is open in $T$, that is, $\map U x \in \tau$.

Let:
 * $\WW = \set{W \in \tau : \exists V \in \tau : x \in V, V \times W \subseteq U}$.

Let $y \in \map U x$.

By definition of image:
 * $\tuple {x, y} \in U$

By definition of product topology:
 * $\BB = \set{V \times W : V, W \in \tau}$ is a basis for $\tau_{X \times X}$

By definition of basis:
 * $\exists V, W \in \tau : \tuple{x, y} \in V \times W \subseteq U$

By definition of $\WW$:
 * $W \in \WW$

Since $y$ was arbitrary:
 * $\forall y \in \map U x : \exists W \in \WW : y \in W$

Let $W \in \WW$.

By definition of $\WW$:
 * $\exists V \in \tau : x \in V, V \times W \subseteq U$

From Cartesian Product of Subsets:
 * $\set x \times W \subseteq V \times W$

From Subset Relation is Transitive:
 * $\set x \times W \subseteq U$

By definition of image:
 * $W \subseteq \map U x$

Since $W$ was arbitrary:
 * $\forall W \in \WW : W \subseteq \map U x$

From Characterization of Set Equals Union of Sets:
 * $\map U x = \bigcup \WW$

By :
 * $\map U x \in \tau$

Since $x$ was arbitrary:
 * $\forall x \in X : \map U x$ is an open neighborhood of $x$ in $T$