In a topological space $X, G$ is open iff $G\cap\overline{A}\subseteq \overline{G\cap A}$

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In a topological space $X$, $G$ is open iff $G\cap\overline{A}\subseteq \overline{G\cap A}$, where
$A$ is an arbitrary set in $X$.

To prove this I started from definition of an open set, I could not complete it.
I even tried to prove it in metric space using def I could not complete it

Best Answer

Take $A=X-G$. Then $G\cap A=\varnothing$, so $\overline{G\cap A}=\varnothing$. Therefore, you must have $G\cap\overline{A}=\varnothing$. This means that $\overline{X-G} = \overline{A}\subseteq X-G$, hence $\overline{X-G}=X-G$. That is, the complement of $G$ is closed.

Conversely, suppose that $G$ is open, and let $A$ be arbitrary. Let $x\in G\cap \overline{A}$. To show that $x\in \overline{G\cap A}$, we just need to show that any open set that contains $x$ will intersect $G\cap A$ nontrivially. Let $\mathcal{O}$ be an open set containing $x$. Then $\mathcal{O}\cap G$ is an open set containing $x$ (since $x\in G$), so $\mathcal{O}\cap G\cap A\neq\varnothing$ (since $x\in\overline{A}$). Thus, $\mathcal{O}\cap (G\cap A)\neq\varnothing$. This proves that $x\in\overline{G\cap A}$, giving the desired inclusion.

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