Can a Set Be Neither Open Nor Closed? – General Topology

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Can a set be neither open nor closed? An example would do. I cant think of any.

Thanks in advance!

Best Answer

One very familiar example is the set $[0,1)$ in the usual topology of $\Bbb R$: it’s not open, because it does not contain any nbhd of $0$, and it’s not closed, because $1$ is in its closure.

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