Exercise · ZW-TOPOLOGY-005 · ★☆☆ Basic

The family of all subsets of \(X=\{1,2,3,4\}\) is a topology. How many open sets does it have?

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  • D. \(16\)

Explanation

A \(4\)-element set has \(2^4=16\) subsets, counting \(\varnothing\) and \(X\).

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Review the concept: Topology

A topology on a set \(X\) is a family \(\mathcal{T}\) of subsets of \(X\), whose members \(U\) are called open sets, containing \(\varnothing\) and \(X\) and closed under arbitrary unions and finite intersections.

\[\varnothing,X\in\mathcal{T};\quad U_i\in\mathcal{T}\Rightarrow\bigcup_i U_i\in\mathcal{T};\quad U_1\cap U_2\in\mathcal{T}\]

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