# H-closed-space

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absolutely-closed space

A Hausdorff space which, under any topological imbedding into an arbitrary Hausdorff space $Y$, is a closed set in $Y$. The characteristic property of an $H$-closed space is that any open covering of the space contains a finite subfamily the closures of the elements of which cover the space. A regular $H$-closed space is compact. If every closed subspace of a space is $H$-closed, then the space itself is compact. A theory has been developed for $H$-closed extensions of Hausdorff spaces.

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#### References

 [a1] J.R. Porter, R.G. Woods, "Extensions and absolutes of Hausdorff spaces" , Springer (1988)
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Absolutely closed space. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Absolutely_closed_space&oldid=42457