Exercise · ZW-CLOSED-SET-001 · ★☆☆ Basic

In \(X=\{1,2,3\}\) with \(\mathcal{T}=\{\varnothing,\{1\},\{1,2\},X\}\), which of these sets is closed?

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  • A. \(\{2,3\}\)

Explanation

The complement of \(\{2,3\}\) is \(\{1\}\), which is open. The other three have complements \(\{3\}\), \(\{2,3\}\) and \(\{1,3\}\), none of which is in \(\mathcal{T}\).

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A subset \(C\) of a topological space \((X,\mathcal{T})\) is closed when its complement in \(X\) is an open set of the topology \(\mathcal{T}\).

\[C\ \text{closed}\iff X\setminus C\in\mathcal{T}\]

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