Exercise · ZW-CLOSED-SET-008 · ★★☆ Intermediate
Let \(X=\{1,2,3,4\}\) with \(\mathcal{T}=\{\varnothing,\{1\},\{2\},\{1,2\},\{1,2,3\},X\}\). How many closed subsets does it have?
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A 3 B 4 C 5 D 6
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Explanation The complements of the 6 open sets are \(X\), \(\{2,3,4\}\), \(\{1,3,4\}\), \(\{3,4\}\), \(\{4\}\) and \(\varnothing\): 6 closed sets , as many as open sets.
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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