Let $X$ equal the countable union $\bigcup B_n$. Show that if $X$ is a nonempty Baire space, at least one of the sets $\overline{B_n}$ has a nonempty interior.
Let X be a metric space. (a) Suppose that for some $\epsilon>0$, every $\epsilon$-ball in $X$ has compact closure. Show that $X$ is complete. (b) Suppose that for each $x\in X$ there is an $\epsilon>0$ such that the ball $B(x,\epsilon)$ has compact closure. Show by means of an example that $X$ need not be complete.
Let $X$ be a space. Let $\mathscr D$ be a collection of subsets of $X$ that is maximal with respect to the finite intersection property. (a) Show that $x\in \bar D$ for every $D\in\mathscr D$ iff every open nbhd of $x$ belongs to $\mathscr D$. Which implication uses maximality of $\mathscr D$? (b) Let $D\in\mathscr D$. Show that if $A\supset D$, then $A\in\mathscr D$ (c) Show that if $X$ satisfies the $T_1$ axiom, there is at most one point belonging to $\bigcap_{D\in\mathscr D}\bar D$
有一句话我的印象很深刻:If you can’t be a poet, be a poem. 我为自己的研究生方向选择了基础数学,而且是一个在基础数学中都算冷门的方向,有时候难免在夜不能寐时反问自己是否把路走太窄了。我一直深知自己在数学方面实在没太多天赋,仅凭年轻的头铁走到现在,虽还没撞到南墙,却时不时觉着前方有一堵障碍,我始终活在它的阴影之下,不知何时会碰上。
回想这本科这三年的经历,我有一段时间像个中二少年一样,将自己伪装成沉浸在数学中的角色,对周遭的一切漠不关心,冷淡。但逐渐的才意识到自己正值而立之年,却整日在泡影一样的世界中,错过了世界的太多美好,我想到每天摸鱼学几个法语单词的日子里看到的一句话:La vérité ne se trouve d’ailleurs pas dans les livres, mais dans la vie. 真相不在书中,而在生活里。如果错过生活里的细节,那对自己灵魂的理解往往只存在自己大脑编造的幻象里,进行着某种角色扮演。