----- Let $X$ be any set. > [!proposition]+ Proposition. ([[basis-nestling characterization of comparing topologies]]) > Let $\mathscr{B}$ and $\mathscr{B'}$ be bases for [[topological space|topologies]] $\tau$ and $\tau'$, respectively, on $X$. Then the following are equivalent: > 1. $\tau'$ is [[comparable topologies|finer]] than $\tau$; > 2. $\mathscr{B}'$ [[nestles in]] $\mathscr{B}$, i.e., For each $x \in X$, and each [[basis for a topology|basis element]] $B \in \mathscr{B}$ containing $x$, there is a basis element $B' \in \mathscr{B'}$ s.t. $x \in B' \subset B$. ^0de102 > [!proof]+ Proof. ([[basis-nestling characterization of comparing topologies]]) > $(2) \implies (1)$. Suppose $(2)$ and let $U \in \tau$; we want to show $U \in \tau'$. Let $x \in U$. Since $\mathscr{B}$ [[topology generated by a basis|generates]] $\tau$, there exists $B \in \mathscr{B}$ such that $x \in B \subset U$. By $(2)$, there exists $B' \in \mathscr{B'}$ s.t. $x \in B' \subset B$. Then $x \in B' \subset U$, meaning that $U \in \tau'$ by [[topology generated by a basis|definition]]. > > $(1) \implies (2)$. Suppose $(1)$ and let $x \in X$ with $x \in B \in \mathscr{B}$. Since $\tau' \supset \tau$, $B \in \tau'$. Since $\tau'$ is generated by $\mathscr{B'}$, there is an element $B' \in \mathscr{B'}$ s.t. $x \in B' \subset B$. ^e6d83b ----- #### #reformatReviseBBatch5 ---- #### References > [!backlink] > ```dataview TABLE rows.file.link as "Further Reading" FROM [[]] FLATTEN file.tags GROUP BY file.tags as Tag > [!frontlink] > ```dataview TABLE rows.file.link as "Further Reading" FROM outgoing([[]]) FLATTEN file.tags GROUP BY file.tags as Tag