Definition:Neighborhood (Topology)/Set

Definition
Let $T = \left({S, \tau}\right)$ be a topological space. Let $A \subseteq S$ be a subset of $S$.

A neighborhood of $A$, which can be denoted $N_A$, is any subset of $S$ containing an open set of $T$ which itself contains $A$.

That is:
 * $\exists U \in \tau: A \subseteq U \subseteq N_A \subseteq S$

Linguistic Note
The UK English spelling of this is neighbourhood.