Thread: Showing that a given set is a basis for X x Y.

Show that if $\displaystyle \mathcal{B}$ is a basis for $\displaystyle X$ and $\displaystyle \mathcal{G}$ is a basis for $\displaystyle Y$, then $\displaystyle \mathcal{B} \times \mathcal{G} = \{B \times G|B \in \mathcal{B}, G \in \mathcal{G}\}$ is a basis for $\displaystyle X \times Y.$

Any help would be appreciated.

This question is too vague to answer.
The basis for what?
Are we in a vector space, a metric space, or a general topological space?
You must be very specific in asking a question. We are not mind-reader.

Sorry, we are in a general topological space.

Well O.K.
What defines a basis?
Does $\displaystyle \mathcal{B} \times \mathcal{G}$ constitute a basis?