Characterizations of The Category of Topological Spaces - Definition of A Topology

Definition of A Topology

A topology is a set such that for all sets and all functions and we have .

The space of a topology is and a topological space is a pair

Morphisms: Let be topological spaces. A function is a morphism if for all member

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