Path-Connected Sets and Their Closures: A Counterexample?

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The discussion centers on the question of whether the closure of a path-connected set is itself path-connected, using the set S = {(x, sin(1/x)) | x ∈ (0,1]} as a specific example. The closure of S is identified as the Topologist's Sine Curve, which is not path-connected. The participant concludes that while S is path-connected due to the continuous function g: (0,1] → ℝ defined by g(x) = (x, sin(1/x)), its closure serves as a counterexample to the claim that closures of path-connected sets are always path-connected.

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I am trying to determine whether the closure of a path-connected set is path-connected.

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Let ##S = \{(x, \sin(1/x) ~|~ x \in (0,1] \}##. Then the the closure of ##S## is the Topologist's Sine Curve, which is known not to be path-connected. However, recalling that the image of a path-connected space under a continuous function is path-connected, and defining ##g : (0,1] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}## as ##g(x) = (x, \sin (1/x))##, we see that ##S = g((0,1])## must be a path-connected space.

My question is, would this constitute a counterexample to the claim, or have I made some error?
 
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