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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  • D. 6

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.

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Review the concept: Closed set

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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