Compact-to-Hausdorff homeomorphism criterion. Let f:XYf:X\to Y be a . If XX is and YY is , then ff is a .

Proof

Indeed, every , its , and . Thus ff is a closed map, so f1f^{-1} is continuous.

Metric spaces

In particular, the criterion applies to a continuous bijection from a compact metric space to any metric space.