Intersection of Neighborhoods in Topological Space is Neighborhood

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

Let $x \in S$.

Let $M, N$ be a neighborhoods of $x$ in $T$.

Then $M \cap N$ is a neighborhood of $x$ in $T$.

That is:
 * $\forall x \in S: \forall M, N \in \NN_x: M \cap N \in N_x$

where $\NN_x$ is the neighborhood filter of $x$.

Proof
By definition of neighborhood:


 * $\exists U_1 \in \tau: x \in U_1 \subseteq M$

where $U_1$ is an open set of $T$.


 * $\exists U_2 \in \tau: x \in U_2 \subseteq N$

where $U_2$ is an open set of $T$.

Thus by Set Intersection Preserves Subsets:


 * $U \subseteq M \cap N$

where $U = U_1 \cap U_2$

The result follows by definition of neighborhood of $a$.

Also see

 * Intersection of Neighborhoods in Metric Space is Neighborhood