Description: The topology of the extended reals is compact. Since the topology of the extended reals extends the topology of the reals (by xrtgioo ), this means that RR* is a compactification of RR . (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 9-Sep-2015)
| Ref | Expression | ||
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| Assertion | xrcmp | |- ( ordTop ` <_ ) e. Comp |
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | xrhmph | |- II ~= ( ordTop ` <_ ) |
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| 2 | iicmp | |- II e. Comp |
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| 3 | cmphmph | |- ( II ~= ( ordTop ` <_ ) -> ( II e. Comp -> ( ordTop ` <_ ) e. Comp ) ) |
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| 4 | 1 2 3 | mp2 | |- ( ordTop ` <_ ) e. Comp |