Basic question: meaning of "partition of R into maximal connected intervals"

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What does the phrase "partition of [tex]R[/tex] into maximal connected intervals" mean?

The full sentence: "Let [tex]I_1, I_2, .... ,I_m[/tex] be the partition of [tex]R[/tex] into maximal connected intervals with disjoint interiors."

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Without knowing the context, it appears the author means that it is not possible to add another interval to the finite sequence that is connected and has disjoint interior. Ie., I₁ = (-oo, 0], I₂ = [0, oo).

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seeker101	Basic question: meaning of "partition of R into maximal connected intervals" What does the phrase "partition of [tex]R[/tex] into maximal connected intervals" mean? The full sentence: "Let [tex]I_1, I_2, .... ,I_m[/tex] be the partition of [tex]R[/tex] into maximal connected intervals with disjoint interiors."

slider142 Blog Entries: 2	Without knowing the context, it appears the author means that it is not possible to add another interval to the finite sequence that is connected and has disjoint interior. Ie., I₁ = (-oo, 0], I₂ = [0, oo).