A topological space is a set X equiped with a collection of subsets T⊆PX called open sets, such that: ∅∈T and X∈T ⋂S∈T for S⊆T, ∣S∣ countable. ⋃S∈T for S⊆T (∣S∣ arbitrary). Source https://mathworld.wolfram.com/TopologicalSpace.html