Space
A set of objects is a collection. When you add structure to the set, you now have space.
For example:
| Space type | Extra structure |
|---|---|
| Set | nothing |
| Topological space | notion of continuity |
| Metric space | notion of distance |
| Vector space | addition + scalar multiplication |
| Measure space | notion of size / probability |
Metric space for example introduces distance namely, .
Structure
Two types of structure we can apply is algebraic structure and toplogical structure. New rules generate new spaces.
┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ SETS │
│ (just collections of things)│
└─────────────┬────────────────┘
│
┌──────────────────┴──────────────────┐
│ │
ALGEBRAIC STRUCTURE TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURE
│ │
┌───────────┴───────────┐ ┌────────┴────────┐
│ │ │ │
Groups / Rings Vector Spaces Topological Spaces Measure Spaces
│ │
│ │
┌───────┴───────┐ │
│ │ │
Metric Spaces Uniform Spaces
│
┌──────┴──────┐
│ │
Normed Vector Riemannian /
Spaces Metric Geometry
│
┌────────┴────────┐
│ │
Banach Spaces Inner Product Spaces
│ │
└────────┬────────┘
│
Hilbert Spaces