The number of complements of a topology on \(n\) points is at least \(2^ n\) (except for some special cases) (Q1918536)

The paper improves earlier results of Hartmanis and Schnare by showing that any topological space on \(n\geq 4\) points (not belonging to a short list of forbidden spaces) has at least \(2^n\) complements. This is a notable development, since the old bound was just \(n- 1\). The proof is described on the language of preordered sets. For the forbidden topological spaces the numbers of the complements are determined exactly.