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A space X is called compact if every open cover of X contains a finite subcover. A compact Hausdorff space will be called a compactum. We shall see that the Hausdorff separation axiom has a great impact on the properties of compact spaces.
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Arhangel’skii, A.V. (1996). Compactness and Its Different Forms: Separation Axioms. In: Arhangel’skii, A.V. (eds) General Topology II. Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences, vol 50. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77030-2_2
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