The topological support of a function #
In this file we define the topological support of a function f
, tsupport f
, as the closure of
the support of f
.
Furthermore, we say that f
has compact support if the topological support of f
is compact.
Main definitions #
TODO #
The definitions have been put in the root namespace following many other topological definitions,
like Embedding
. Since then, Embedding
was renamed to Topology.IsEmbedding
, so it might be
worth reconsidering namespacing the definitions here.
The topological support of a function is the closure of its support, i.e. the closure of the set of all elements where the function is not equal to 1.
Equations
Functions with compact support #
A function f
has compact multiplicative support or is compactly supported if the closure
of the multiplicative support of f
is compact. In a T₂ space this is equivalent to f
being equal
to 1
outside a compact set.
Equations
A function f
has compact support or is compactly supported if the closure of
the support of f
is compact. In a T₂ space this is equivalent to f
being equal to 0
outside a
compact set.
Equations
- HasCompactSupport f = IsCompact (tsupport f)
If f
has compact multiplicative support, then f
tends to 1 at infinity.
If f
has compact support, then f
tends to zero at infinity.
In a compact space α
, any function has compact support.
Functions with compact support: algebraic operations #
If a family of functions f
has locally-finite multiplicative support, subordinate to a family
of open sets, then for any point we can find a neighbourhood on which only finitely-many members of
f
are not equal to 1.
If a family of functions f
has locally-finite support, subordinate to a family of
open sets, then for any point we can find a neighbourhood on which only finitely-many members of f
are non-zero.