Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-options-i-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2012/e/e2/d/solution

Let and be countable bases of the two factors. The family
is countable, since the Cartesian product of two countable sets is countable. It is a basis of a topology for the product topology: given a product-open neighbourhood of , choose a contained open rectangle , then basis members with and . Their product contains and is contained in the original neighbourhood. Therefore
In standard terminology, a finite product of second-countable spaces is second-countable.

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