Sober topologies on a set

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Main Authors: Li, Xiangrui, Li, Qingguo, Zhao, Dongsheng
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Published: 2025
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author Li, Xiangrui
Li, Qingguo
Zhao, Dongsheng
author_facet Li, Xiangrui
Li, Qingguo
Zhao, Dongsheng
contents The collection of all topologies on a set X forms a complete lattice with respect to the inclusion order, which have been investigated by many researchers. Sobriety is one of the core and extensively studied properties in non-Hausdorff topology. This property plays a crucial role in characterizing the spectral spaces of commutative rings and topological spaces determined by their lattices of open sets. In this paper, we investigate the statute of sober topologies in the complete lattice of all topologies on a given set. The main results to be proved include: (1) every T1 topology is the join of some sober topologies; (2) every topology is the meet of some sober topologies; (3) the set of all sober topologies is directed complete; (4) every Alexanderoff - discrete topology is the meet of some sober Alexanderoff - discrete topologies; (5) the minimal sober topologies are exactly the Scott topologies of sup-complete chains; (6) an example will be constructed to show that the intersection of a decreasing sequence of Hausdorff topologies need not be sober.
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spellingShingle Sober topologies on a set
Li, Xiangrui
Li, Qingguo
Zhao, Dongsheng
General Topology
The collection of all topologies on a set X forms a complete lattice with respect to the inclusion order, which have been investigated by many researchers. Sobriety is one of the core and extensively studied properties in non-Hausdorff topology. This property plays a crucial role in characterizing the spectral spaces of commutative rings and topological spaces determined by their lattices of open sets. In this paper, we investigate the statute of sober topologies in the complete lattice of all topologies on a given set. The main results to be proved include: (1) every T1 topology is the join of some sober topologies; (2) every topology is the meet of some sober topologies; (3) the set of all sober topologies is directed complete; (4) every Alexanderoff - discrete topology is the meet of some sober Alexanderoff - discrete topologies; (5) the minimal sober topologies are exactly the Scott topologies of sup-complete chains; (6) an example will be constructed to show that the intersection of a decreasing sequence of Hausdorff topologies need not be sober.
title Sober topologies on a set
topic General Topology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.05419