In topology and related branches of mathematics, the Kuratowski closure axioms are a set of axioms that can be used to define a topological structure on a set. They are equivalent to the more commonly used open set definition. They were first introduced by Kazimierz Kuratowski.
A similar set of axioms can be used to define a topological structure using only the dual notion of interior operator.
Let be a set and its power set.
A Kuratowski Closure Operator is an assignment with the following properties: