B3.17
Part II, 2002
Let be a finite alphabet of letters and either the semi-infinite space or the doubly infinite space of sequences whose elements are drawn from . Define the natural topology on . If is a set of words, denote by the subspace of consisting of those sequences none of whose subsequences is in . Prove that is a closed subspace of ; and state and prove a necessary and sufficient condition for a closed subspace of to have the form for some .
what is the space ?