Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem xrcmp

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
Assertion xrcmp ( ordTop ‘ ≤ ) ∈ Comp

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 xrhmph II ≃ ( ordTop ‘ ≤ )
2 iicmp II ∈ Comp
3 cmphmph ( II ≃ ( ordTop ‘ ≤ ) → ( II ∈ Comp → ( ordTop ‘ ≤ ) ∈ Comp ) )
4 1 2 3 mp2 ( ordTop ‘ ≤ ) ∈ Comp