Definition:Kuratowski Closure Operator

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Definition

Definition 1

Let $S$ be a set.

Let $\cl: \powerset S \to \powerset S$ be a mapping from the power set of $S$ to itself.

Then $\cl$ is a Kuratowski closure operator if and only if it satisfies the following Kuratowski closure axioms for all $A, B \subseteq S$:

\((1)\)   $:$   \(\ds A \subseteq \map \cl A \)      $\cl$ is inflationary
\((2)\)   $:$   \(\ds \map \cl {\map \cl A} = \map \cl A \)      $\cl$ is idempotent
\((3)\)   $:$   \(\ds \map \cl {A \cup B} = \map \cl A \cup \map \cl B \)      $\cl$ preserves binary unions
\((4)\)   $:$   \(\ds \map \cl \O = \O \)      


Definition 2

Let $S$ be a set.

Let $\cl: \powerset S \to \powerset S$ be a mapping from the power set of $S$ to itself.

Then $\cl$ is a Kuratowski closure operator if and only if it satisfies the following axioms for all $A, B \subseteq X$:

\((1)\)   $:$   $\cl$ is a closure operator      
\((2)\)   $:$   $\map \cl {A \cup B} = \map \cl A \cup \map \cl B$      $\cl$ preserves binary unions
\((3)\)   $:$   $\map \cl \O = \O$      


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Source of Name

This entry was named for Kazimierz Kuratowski.