Equivalence of Definitions of Compact Topological Space

Theorem
Let $T = \left({X, \tau}\right)$ be a topological space.

The following are equivalent:
 * $(1): \quad$ $T$ is compact, i.e. every open cover of $X$ has a finite subcover.


 * $(2): \quad$ In every set $\mathcal A$ of closed subsets of $X$ satisfying $\displaystyle \bigcap \mathcal A = \varnothing$ exists a finite subset $\tilde{\mathcal A}$ such that $\displaystyle \bigcap \tilde{\mathcal A} = \varnothing$. That is, $X$ satisfies the Finite Intersection Axiom.


 * $(3): \quad$ Each filter on $X$ has a limit point in $X$.


 * $(4): \quad$ Each ultrafilter on $X$ converges.

(2) $\implies$ (3)
Let $\mathcal F$ be a filter on $X$.

Assume that $\mathcal F$ has no limit point.

This would imply that $\bigcap \left\{{\overline F : F \in \mathcal F}\right\} = \varnothing$.

By $(2)$ there are therefore sets $F_1, \ldots, F_n \in \mathcal F$ such that $\overline F_1 \cap \ldots \cap \overline F_n = \varnothing$.

Because for any set $M$ we have $M \subseteq \overline M$, we know that $\overline F_1, \ldots, \overline F_n \in \mathcal F$.

This contradicts the fact that $\mathcal F$ is a filter, because filters are closed under finite intersections and must not contain the empty set.

Thus $\mathcal F$ has a limit point.

(3) $\implies$ (2)
Let $\mathcal A \subset \mathcal P \left({X}\right)$ be a set of closed subsets of $X$.

Assume that $\bigcap \tilde{\mathcal A} \ne \varnothing$ for all finite subsets $\tilde{\mathcal A}$ of $\mathcal A$.

We show that this implies $\bigcap \mathcal A \ne \varnothing$.

Because of our assumption, $\mathcal B := \left\{{\bigcap \tilde{\mathcal A} : \tilde{\mathcal A} \subseteq \mathcal A \text{ finite}}\right\}$ is a filter basis.

Let $\mathcal F$ be the corresponding generated filter.

Then $\mathcal F$ has a limit point by $(3)$ and thus $\varnothing \ne \bigcup \left\{{\overline F : F \in \mathcal F}\right\} \subseteq \bigcap \mathcal B \subseteq \bigcap \mathcal A$.

Thus $\bigcap \mathcal A \ne \varnothing$.

Therefore $(2)$ follows.