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 ...