Basis

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A basis B for a topology T on a set X is a collection of subsets of X (called basis elements) such that

  1. each x in X, is in at least one basis element.
  2. if x is in the intersection of 2 basis elements B1 and B2, then it is in some basis element B3, where B3 is a subset of B1 ∩ B2.