Definition 5.25.1 (Compactification).label Let $X$ be a topological space, then a compactification of $X$ is a pair $(Y, f)$ where

  1. (1)

    $Y$ is a compact Hausdorff space.

  2. (2)

    $f \in C(X; Y)$ is an embedding.

  3. (3)

    $f(X)$ is dense in $Y$.

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