Boundary (Topology)/Examples/Reciprocals in Real Numbers
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Examples of Boundaries in the context of Topology
Let $\struct {\R, \tau_d}$ be the real number line with the usual (Euclidean) topology.
Let $S$ be the set defined as:
- $S = \set {\dfrac 1 n: n \in \Z_{>0} }$
Then the boundary of $S$ in $\struct {\R, \tau_d}$ is $S \cup \set 0$.
Sources
- 1975: W.A. Sutherland: Introduction to Metric and Topological Spaces ... (previous) ... (next): $3$: Continuity generalized: topological spaces: Exercise $3.9: 31$