Definition:Compact Space/Real Analysis

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Definition

Let $\R$ be the real number line considered as a topological space under the Euclidean topology.

Let $H \subseteq \R$.


Definition 1

$H$ is compact in $\R$ if and only if $H$ is closed and bounded.


Definition 2

$H$ is compact in $\R$ if and only if:

when $H$ is the union of a set of neighborhoods which are open in $H$,
then $H$ is also the union of a finite number of these neighborhoods.


Also see

  • Results about compact spaces can be found here.