Image under covering map of Hausdorff space is Hausdorff?
 
Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP       up vote  2  down vote  favorite     Let $overlineX rightarrow X$ be a covering space, where $overlineX$ is a Hausdorff space. Does $X$ have to be Hausdorff? I assume there is a counterexample, but I couldn't find one yet.    general-topology covering-spaces separation-axioms    share | cite | improve this question      edited Jul 14 at 22:00       Eric Wofsey   163k 12 189 301        asked Jul 14 at 20:34       L. Gitin   58 4       	         Try $X$ nonHausdorff and let the cover be a product with a discrete space.  â Randall  Jul 14 at 21:00         1      Why is $bar X$ Hausdorff then?  â Fan Zheng  Jul 14 at 21:02            YouâÂÂre right that doesnâÂÂt work. Never mind.  â Randall  Jul 14 at 21:27        1      Example here.  â  user574380  Jul 14 at 21:33        1     ...
