Characteristic property of the quotient topology/Statement

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Statement

[ilmath]\xymatrix{ X \ar[d]_{q} \ar[dr]^{f\circ q} & \\ Y \ar[r]_f & Z }[/ilmath]
In this commutative diagram
[ilmath]f[/ilmath] is continuous
[ilmath]\iff[/ilmath]
[ilmath]f\circ q[/ilmath] is continuous
Let [ilmath](X,\mathcal{ J })[/ilmath] and [ilmath](Y,\mathcal{ K })[/ilmath] be topological spaces and let [ilmath]q:X\rightarrow Y[/ilmath] be a quotient map. Then[1]:
  • For any topological space, [ilmath](Z,\mathcal{ H })[/ilmath] a map, [ilmath]f:Y\rightarrow Z[/ilmath] is continuous if and only if the composite map, [ilmath]f\circ q[/ilmath], is continuous

Notes

References

  1. Introduction to Topological Manifolds - John M. Lee