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Kolmogorov axiom

We now study an axiom which is strictly weaker than the Hausdorff axiom.

Definition.(Kolmogorov)

Let XX be a topological space. We say that XX satisfies the Kolmogorov axiom (also called the T0T_0 axiom) if for every x,yXx, y\in X there is an open set UU such that xUx\in U and y∉Uy\not\in U or x∉Ux\not\in U and yUy\in U.

It is remarkable that all spaces satisfying this axiom can be characterized in a very specific way.