Open quotient maps #
An open quotient map is an open map f : X → Y which is both an open map and a quotient map.
Equivalently, it is a surjective continuous open map.
We use the latter characterization as a definition.
Many important quotient maps are open quotient maps, including
- the quotient map from a topological space to its quotient by the action of a group;
- the quotient map from a topological group to its quotient by a normal subgroup;
- the quotient map from a topological space to its separation quotient.
Contrary to general quotient maps,
the category of open quotient maps is closed under Prod.map.
An open quotient map is a quotient map.
Given the following diagram with f inducing, p surjective,
q an open quotient map, and g injective. Suppose the image of A in B is stable
under the equivalence mod q, then the coinduced topology on C (from A)
coincides with the induced topology (from D).
A -f→ B
∣ ∣
p q
↓ ↓
C -g→ D
A typical application is when K ≤ H are subgroups of G, then the quotient topology on H/K
is also the subspace topology from G/K.