urysohn's lemma

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What does urysohn's lemma mean?

A lemma stating that a topological space is normal if and only if any two disjoint closed subsets can be separated by a continuous function.

Where does urysohn's lemma come from?

Named after the mathematician Pavel Samuilovich Urysohn.

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