Exercise · ZW-BASIS-OF-A-TOPOLOGY-004 · ★☆☆ Basic

The family \(\mathcal{B}=\{\{1\},\{2,3\}\}\) is a basis for a topology on \(X=\{1,2,3\}\). How many open sets does that topology have?

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  • C. 4

Explanation

The unions of members of \(\mathcal{B}\) are \(\varnothing\), \(\{1\}\), \(\{2,3\}\) and \(X\): 4 open sets.

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Review the concept: Basis of a topology

A basis \(\mathcal{B}\) of a topology \(\mathcal{T}\) on \(X\) is a family of open sets such that every open set \(U\) of \(\mathcal{T}\) is a union of members of \(\mathcal{B}\).

\[\forall U\in\mathcal{T}:\ U=\bigcup\{B\in\mathcal{B}:B\subseteq U\}\]

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