Is This Statement in Munkres' Topology Book False?

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In summary, the conversation is about a exercise from the book "Topology" by Munkres and the suspicion that it may be false. The exercise involves showing that the image under a certain function of elements from a given topology is an open set in a product space. A subbasis for the topology is also given. One person believes the statement is true and provides a proof, while another person admits they may have overlooked something and agrees that the statement is correct.
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This exersice is from TOPOLOGY by Munkres and I suspect it is false:
"Let ##f:A\rightarrow\prod X_\alpha## be defined by the equation
##f(a)=(f_\alpha(a))_{\alpha\in J}##;
Let ##Z## denote the subspace ##f(A)## of the product space ##\prod X_\alpha##. Show that the image under ##f## of each element of ##\mathcal{F}## is an open set of ##Z##."
The topology ##\mathcal{F}## of ##A## is given by the subbasis
$$\delta=\bigcup_{\alpha\in J}\{f_\alpha^{-1}(U):U\in\mathcal{F}_\alpha\}$$
Does anybody has an opinion?
 
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I think it's true. We have for ##U \in \mathcal{F}_{\alpha_0} \, : \,f(f_\alpha^{-1}(U)) \subseteq U \times \prod_{\alpha \neq \alpha_0}f(f^{-1}(X_\alpha))## and equality on the induced topology of ##Z=f(A)##, so ##f## should be open.

But I might have overlooked something - I tend to in topology.
 
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Yes the asertion on Munkres book is correct, I was wrong. Thanks
 

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