Bourbaki

Exercise 4, § 2

General Topology, II, 207

a) Let U\mathfrak{U} and U′\mathfrak{U}' be the filters of entourages of two uniformities on the same non-empty set XX. Show that the intersection of the filters U\mathfrak{U} and U′\mathfrak{U}' is the filter of entourages of a uniformity on XX if and only if, for each V∈UV \in \mathfrak{U} and V′∈U′V' \in \mathfrak{U}', there exist W∈UW \in \mathfrak{U} and W′∈U′W' \in \mathfrak{U}' such that WW′⊂V∪V′WW' \subset V \cup V'.

b) Give an example of two filters of entourages Uω‾,Uω‾′\mathfrak{U}_{\overline{\omega}}, \mathfrak{U}_{\overline{\omega}'}, each defined by a finite partition of XX (no. 5, Example), which do not satisfy the condition of a.

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