Exercise · ZW-DISCRETE-AND-TRIVIAL-TOPOLOGY-002 · ★☆☆ Basic

If \(X\) has \(4\) elements, how many open sets does the trivial topology on \(X\) have?

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  • D. \(2\)

Explanation

The trivial topology has only \(\varnothing\) and \(X\), no matter how many points \(X\) has.

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Review the concept: Discrete and trivial topology

The discrete topology \(\mathcal{T}_{disc}\) on a set \(X\) has the power set \(\mathcal{P}(X)\) as open sets; the trivial one \(\mathcal{T}_{triv}\), only the empty set and \(X\).

\[\mathcal{T}_{disc}=\mathcal{P}(X),\qquad \mathcal{T}_{triv}=\{\varnothing,X\}\]

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