Product of Hausdorff Factor Spaces is Hausdorff/General Result
Theorem
Let $\SS = \family {\struct {S_\alpha, \tau_\alpha} }$ be an indexed family of topological spaces for $\alpha$ in some indexing set $I$.
Let $\ds T = \struct {S, \tau} = \prod_{\alpha \mathop \in I} \struct {S_\alpha, \tau_\alpha}$ be the product space of $\SS$.
Let each of $\struct {S_\alpha, \tau_\alpha}$ for $\alpha \in I$ be $T_2$ (Hausdorff) spaces.
Then $T$ is a $T_2$ (Hausdorff) space.
Proof
Let $x, y \in S : x \ne y$.
Then $x_\alpha \ne y_\alpha$ for some $\alpha \in I$.
Since $\struct {S_\alpha, \tau_\alpha}$ is Hausdorff then:
- $\exists U, V \in \tau_\alpha: x_\alpha \in U, y_\alpha \in V : U \cap V = \O$
Let $\pr_\alpha: S \to S_\alpha$ be the projection of $S$ to $S_\alpha$.
Then:
\(\ds \map {\pr_\alpha^\gets} U \cap \map {\pr_\alpha^\gets} V\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \map {\pr_\alpha^\gets} {U \cap V}\) | Preimage of Intersection under Mapping | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \map {\pr_\alpha^\gets} \O\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \O\) |
By definition of the projection $\pr_\alpha$:
- $\map {\pr_\alpha} x = x_\alpha \in U$
By definition of the preimage under $\pr_\alpha$:
- $x \in \map {\pr_\alpha^\gets} U$
Similarly:
- $y \in \map {\pr_\alpha^\gets} V$
By definition of the product topology $\tau$:
- $\map {\pr_\alpha^\gets} U, \map {\pr_\alpha^\gets} V \in \tau$
Since $x, y \in S$ were arbitrary, it follows that $T$ is a $T_2$ (Hausdorff) space.
$\blacksquare$