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Past exam of the probability, statistics and options I course of the University of Oxford 2007 E 2 iv Solution by
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Choose and let be the identity set map . The composition is the inclusion and is continuous by part (i). The hypothesized universal implication therefore says that the identity mapis continuous. Its preimage of a set is itself, so every such lies in . ThereforeCombining this with part (ii), when both properties hold, characterizes the subspace topology uniquely.
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