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A set containing all its limit points (cf. [[Limit point of a set|Limit point of a set]]). Thus, all points of the complement to a closed set are interior points, and so a closed set can be defined as the complement to an open set. The concept of a closed set is basic to the definition of a topological space as a non-empty set <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c022/c022580/c0225801.png" /> with a distinguished system of sets (called closed sets) satisfying the following axioms: <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c022/c022580/c0225802.png" /> itself and the empty set <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c022/c022580/c0225803.png" /> are closed; the intersection of any number of closed sets is closed; the union of finitely many closed sets is closed.
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A set containing all its limit points (cf. [[Limit point of a set|Limit point of a set]]). Thus, all points of the complement to a closed set are interior points, and so a closed set can be defined as the complement to an open set. The concept of a closed set is basic to the definition of a topological space as a non-empty set $X$ with a distinguished system of sets (called closed sets) satisfying the following axioms: $X$ itself and the empty set $\emptyset$ are closed; the intersection of any number of closed sets is closed; the union of finitely many closed sets is closed.
  
 
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<table><TR><TD valign="top">[1]</TD> <TD valign="top">  K. Kuratowski,  "Topology" , '''1''' , PWN &amp; Acad. Press  (1966)  (Translated from French)</TD></TR></table>
 
<table><TR><TD valign="top">[1]</TD> <TD valign="top">  K. Kuratowski,  "Topology" , '''1''' , PWN &amp; Acad. Press  (1966)  (Translated from French)</TD></TR></table>

Latest revision as of 10:36, 16 April 2014

in a topological space

A set containing all its limit points (cf. Limit point of a set). Thus, all points of the complement to a closed set are interior points, and so a closed set can be defined as the complement to an open set. The concept of a closed set is basic to the definition of a topological space as a non-empty set $X$ with a distinguished system of sets (called closed sets) satisfying the following axioms: $X$ itself and the empty set $\emptyset$ are closed; the intersection of any number of closed sets is closed; the union of finitely many closed sets is closed.

References

[1] K. Kuratowski, "Topology" , 1 , PWN & Acad. Press (1966) (Translated from French)
How to Cite This Entry:
Closed set. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Closed_set&oldid=16487
This article was adapted from an original article by A.A. Mal'tsev (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article