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seema283k
Sep10-09, 11:20 AM
if a set A is both open and closed then it is R(set of real numbers) how we may show it in a proper way
Tac-Tics
Sep10-09, 03:36 PM
if a set A is both open and closed then it is R(set of real numbers) how we may show it in a proper way
First, are you talking about an open-and-closed subset of R? If you are, then the empty set is also open-and-closed in R, so you have to specify that A is nonempty.
My approach for this proof would be to consider this.
An open set contains none of its boundary points.
A closed set contains all its boundary points.
The only way for this to be possible is for A to have NO boundary points at all. Show how {} and R are the only two sets that have this property.
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