Help with a simple group theory question please

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Homework Statement
the question is about topology, but i just want to know.

isn't {∅,R}∪{]a,∞[:a∈R} equal to {∅,R}
since every member of {]a,∞[:a∈R} is a real number?

or am i just completely misunderstanding unions and intersections?
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Ineedhelpimbadatphys said:
Homework Statement: the question is about topology, but i just want to know.

isn't {∅,R}∪{]a,∞[:a∈R} equal to {∅,R}
since every member of {]a,∞[:a∈R} is a real number?

or am i just completely misunderstanding unions and intersections?
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Or is true. The elements of your sets are sets again. ##\emptyset\, , \,\mathbb{R}\, , \,\{r\,|\,r>a\}## are three sets, but here we consider them as the elements of ##\{\emptyset\, , \,\mathbb{R}\}## and ##\{(a,\infty )\}##. This makes the union a set with three elements, ##\emptyset\, , \,\mathbb{R}\, , \,\{r\,|\,r>a\}##.
 
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