Section 29: Problem 5 Solution
Working problems is a crucial part of learning mathematics. No one can learn topology merely by poring over the definitions, theorems, and examples that are worked out in the text. One must work part of it out for oneself. To provide that opportunity is the purpose of the exercises.
James R. Munkres
Let
, then it is bijective and
is open in
iff
is open in
or
is compact iff
is open in
or
is compact.