CatDat

dual of the category of topological spaces

  • notation: Topop\Top^{\op}
  • objects: topological spaces
  • morphisms: a morphism XYX \to Y is a continuous map YXY \to X
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  • Dual category: Top\Top

By definition, this category is the dual (or opposite) of the category Top\Top.

Satisfied Properties

Assigned properties

Deduced properties

Unsatisfied Properties

Assigned properties

Deduced properties*

*This also uses the deduced satisfied properties.

Unknown properties

Special objects

  • terminal object: empty space
  • initial object: singleton space
  • products: disjoint union with the disjoint union topology
  • coproducts: direct product with the product topology

Special morphisms

  • isomorphisms: homeomorphisms
  • monomorphisms: surjective continuous maps
  • epimorphisms: injective continuous maps
  • regular monomorphisms: surjective quotient maps
  • regular epimorphisms: embeddings