MHB Cantor ternary set, construction

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All endpoints of the closed intervals in the Cantor set \( C_n \) remain in the set due to the construction process, where the open middle third of each interval is removed at each iteration. This removal leaves the endpoints of the intervals from the previous stage intact. As new intervals are formed, these endpoints become the endpoints of the new intervals created in subsequent steps. Consequently, every endpoint from earlier iterations is preserved in the Cantor set. Thus, all endpoints of the closed intervals that comprise \( C_n \) are indeed part of the Cantor set \( C_n \).
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Explain why all the end points of the closed intervals that comprise $C_n$ are in the Cantor set $C_n$.

I understand why this is true but I don't know how to explain it.
 
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dwsmith said:
Explain why all the end points of the closed intervals that comprise $C_n$ are in the Cantor set $C_n$.

I understand why this is true but I don't know how to explain it.

Because at each step the open middle third of each remaining intervals is removed, which always leaves the end points of the intervals at the earlier stage in the set, and as end points of the new intervals (one of the end points the other for each interval is created at each step).

CB
 

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