Exercise · ZW-DISCRETE-AND-TRIVIAL-TOPOLOGY-006 · ★★☆ Intermediate

In the discrete topology on \(\{1,2,3\}\), how many open sets contain the point \(1\)?

Choose one option.

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  • A. \(4\)

Explanation

The subsets containing \(1\) are built by freely choosing whether to include \(2\) and \(3\): \(2^2=4\).

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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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