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(Dis)prove : if every function with closed graph are continuous then the target space is compact
$(X, \tau_X) $ and $(Y, \tau_Y) $ be two topological spaces.
$\forall f\in Y^X$ with $\text{Gr}(f) $ is closed implies $f\in C(X, Y) $.
Question : Does this implies $(Y, \tau_Y) $ is compact?
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Compact spaces whose compactness does not come from a product of compact spaces
For the (Hausdorff) compact spaces I can think of, compactness is established either using a product of compact spaces (including the Heine-Borel Theorem, the Banach-Alaoglu Theorem, Stone-Čech ...
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What is your favorite proof of Tychonoff's Theorem?
Here is mine. It's taken from page 11 of "An Introduction To Abstract Harmonic Analysis", 1953, by Loomis:
https://archive.org/details/introductiontoab031610mbp
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