Questions tagged [metrizability]

For questions pertaining to the metrizability of topological spaces and / or metrization theorems.

We call a topology on a set $X$ metrizable when we can endow $X$ with a metric that induces this topology. Determining whether a space is metrizable is, historically, a major problem in point-set topology, and much work has been dedicated to finding relevant necessary and/or sufficient conditions with results such as Urysohn's metrization theorem, the Nagata–Smirnov metrization theorem, et al.

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Urysohn Metrization Theroem : Proof of Injectivity

I am reading Munkres Topology and following given Urysohn metrization theorem and its proof, but can't understand why the injectivity simply given after define a index functions and product them. I had highlighted the point that I am missing at the…
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Why is ${\mathbb R}^\infty$ with the colimit topology not metrizable?

To be clear, I mean $$ {\mathbb R}^\infty = \bigcup_{n} {\mathbb R}^n $$ with the colimit topology, where ${\mathbb R}^n\to {\mathbb R}^{n+1}$ is the inclusion with the last coordinate 0. It seems that this space is not metrizable, as I read from…
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