B3.17

Dynamical Systems
Part II, 2002

Let A\mathcal{A} be a finite alphabet of letters and Σ\Sigma either the semi-infinite space or the doubly infinite space of sequences whose elements are drawn from A\mathcal{A}. Define the natural topology on Σ\Sigma. If WW is a set of words, denote by ΣW\Sigma_{W} the subspace of Σ\Sigma consisting of those sequences none of whose subsequences is in WW. Prove that ΣW\Sigma_{W} is a closed subspace of Σ\Sigma; and state and prove a necessary and sufficient condition for a closed subspace of Σ\Sigma to have the form ΣW\Sigma_{W} for some WW.

 If A={0,1} and W={000,111,010,101}\begin{aligned} &\text { If } \mathcal{A}=\{0,1\} \text { and } \quad W=\{000,111,010,101\} \end{aligned}

what is the space ΣW\Sigma_{W} ?