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Separation of disjoint compact subsets (P∩Q=∅ ⟹ P⊆U, Q⊆V, U∩V=∅)

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Area of mathematics Geometry and topology Topology Hausdorff space Compact subset of a Hausdorff space Separation of a point and a compact set
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Two disjoint compact subsets of a Hausdorff space have disjoint open neighbourhoods. For every p∈P, separation of a point and a compact set gives disjoint open sets Gp​∋p and Hp​⊇Q. Choose finitely many Gp​ covering P, then take their union for U and the matching finite intersection of the Hp​ for V. The compactness of both subsets is used, once in the point-versus-compact set result and once in the outer finite selection. The ambient Hausdorff space need not be compact or a normal space.

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