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- From: nissim@mary.fordham.edu (Leonard J. Nissim)
- Subject: Re: Need some help with Topology
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- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 19:54:00 GMT
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- In article <1gc73iINNl4g@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>,
- bubai@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (P. Chatterjee) writes...
- >I had a few questions (none homework, though!) and would appreciate any
- >kind of help from the math-knowledgeables on the net.
- >
- >
- >a) What does it mean to say that a set A is 'infinite'? 'Finiteness', by
- >definition, implies that A is equivalent to a portion of the set of
- >positive integers. Can this definition of 'finiteness' be used to
- >motivate one for 'infiniteness'?
-
- The usual definition (from set theory, not necessarily with a topology on
- the set): A set S is infinite iff there exists a *proper* subset of S, call
- it T, and a *bijection* from S onto T.
-
- >
- >b) Show that A is OPEN <==> X \ A is closed.
- >Isn't this a definition or can it be proven?
- >
- In some books it is the definition of a closed set, and then you prove what
- properties closed sets have. In other texts, you define a closed a closed set
- by properties, and prove that a set is closed iff its complement is an open
- set.
-
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- Leonard J. Nissim (nissim@mary.fordham.edu)
- Disclaimer: "I speak only for myself."
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