Exercise · ZW-SUBSPACE-TOPOLOGY-009 · ★★★ Advanced

With the \(X\) from the first exercise, how many subsets \(A\subseteq X\) with exactly 2 elements have the discrete subspace topology?

Choose one option.

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  • D. 1

Explanation

There are 6 pairs. A pair \(\{a,b\}\) is discrete if open sets of \(X\) separate \(a\) from \(b\) in both directions. Checking each pair gives 1.

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The topology \(\mathcal{T}_A\) on a subset \(A\) of a topological space \((X,\mathcal{T})\) whose open sets are the intersections of \(A\) with the open sets \(U\) of \(X\).

\[\mathcal{T}_A=\{A\cap U:\ U\in\mathcal{T}\}\]

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