A set of real numbers whose interior is empty

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An example of a set of real numbers whose interior is empty but whose closure is all of the real numbers is the set of rational numbers, denoted as ℚ. The closure of ℚ is the entire set of real numbers ℝ, as every real number can be approximated by a sequence of rational numbers. However, the interior of ℚ is empty because there are no open intervals contained entirely within ℚ. This illustrates the concept of a dense set in the real line, where the closure encompasses all real numbers while the interior remains void.

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Give an example of a set of real numbers whose interior is empty but whose closure is all of the real numbers if it exists. Otherwise, explain why such example cannot be true.

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For a set S ⊆ X, the closure of S is the intersection of all closed sets in X that contain A. I am having a lot of trouble thinking of an example and am beginning to think one does not exists but intuitively this does not make sense.
 
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Try thinking of a set that's "everywhere" on the real line and compute the interiors of any such set you can think of. There is a more formal definition for this "everywhere"-ness that I'm alluding to. However, using that term directly would be handing you the answer.
e.g. [0,1] is certainly not "everywhere" on the real line.
 

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