Prove that we can write any subset of Real numbers as a Union of closed subsets, or intersect of open...












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I've attempted to write an arbitrary subset of real numbers as the union of it's single points.



Any single point set is closed. But I don't know if the union of all single points of a subset of reals like A is closed or not? (suppose A is infinite)
also i have this problem for writing A as the intersect of open subsets, because the intersection of an infinite number of open subsets may not be open.
for example can we write [0,1) as the union of the sets
[0, 1 - 1/n] for n in naturals, as the union of countable infinite closed sets?










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    The union of singletons in $A$ writes an arbitrary set $A$ as a union of closed sets, as you say. For the other part, think about complements...
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I've attempted to write an arbitrary subset of real numbers as the union of it's single points.



Any single point set is closed. But I don't know if the union of all single points of a subset of reals like A is closed or not? (suppose A is infinite)
also i have this problem for writing A as the intersect of open subsets, because the intersection of an infinite number of open subsets may not be open.
for example can we write [0,1) as the union of the sets
[0, 1 - 1/n] for n in naturals, as the union of countable infinite closed sets?










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    The union of singletons in $A$ writes an arbitrary set $A$ as a union of closed sets, as you say. For the other part, think about complements...
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    – Ned
    Dec 18 '18 at 15:09














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I've attempted to write an arbitrary subset of real numbers as the union of it's single points.



Any single point set is closed. But I don't know if the union of all single points of a subset of reals like A is closed or not? (suppose A is infinite)
also i have this problem for writing A as the intersect of open subsets, because the intersection of an infinite number of open subsets may not be open.
for example can we write [0,1) as the union of the sets
[0, 1 - 1/n] for n in naturals, as the union of countable infinite closed sets?










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I've attempted to write an arbitrary subset of real numbers as the union of it's single points.



Any single point set is closed. But I don't know if the union of all single points of a subset of reals like A is closed or not? (suppose A is infinite)
also i have this problem for writing A as the intersect of open subsets, because the intersection of an infinite number of open subsets may not be open.
for example can we write [0,1) as the union of the sets
[0, 1 - 1/n] for n in naturals, as the union of countable infinite closed sets?







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  • $begingroup$
    The union of singletons in $A$ writes an arbitrary set $A$ as a union of closed sets, as you say. For the other part, think about complements...
    $endgroup$
    – Ned
    Dec 18 '18 at 15:09


















  • $begingroup$
    The union of singletons in $A$ writes an arbitrary set $A$ as a union of closed sets, as you say. For the other part, think about complements...
    $endgroup$
    – Ned
    Dec 18 '18 at 15:09
















$begingroup$
The union of singletons in $A$ writes an arbitrary set $A$ as a union of closed sets, as you say. For the other part, think about complements...
$endgroup$
– Ned
Dec 18 '18 at 15:09




$begingroup$
The union of singletons in $A$ writes an arbitrary set $A$ as a union of closed sets, as you say. For the other part, think about complements...
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