Find Disjoint Subspaces A,B to Connected Space

[latentcorpse]

I've been asked to find disjoint, non-empty, disconnected subspaces A,B \subset \mathbb{R} such that A \cup B is connected.

My problem is in that because the A and B are open and disjoint, when i take the union i keep getting one point omitted which prevents the union from being connected.

i was wondering about A=\mathbb{Z} and B=\mathbb{R} \backslash \mathbb{Z}. These are disjoint, non-empty and open subsets of the real line and when u take their union you get \mathbb{R} which is connected. I'm not sure about the disconnectedness of A and B though...

 

[Dick]

Z is NOT open. And R is not the disjoint union of two open sets (disconnected or not). The first statement you made of the problem says nothing about A and B being open.

 

[latentcorpse]

sry. that was a big mistake. i think I've got it now though, thanks!

 

[HallsofIvy]

I've been asked to find disjoint, non-empty, disconnected subspaces A,B \subset \mathbb{R} such that A \cup B is connected.

Did the problem really say "disconnected"? What does that mean? If it just means "disjoint", you don't need to say it. My first thought was to interpret it as "separated" but then this problem is impossible.