[Math] Interior and accumulation points

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Show that every interior point of a set must also be an accumulation point of that set.

Definitions:

Any point $x$ that belongs to $E$ is said to be an interior point of $E$ provided that some interval $(x-c,\ x+c)\subset E$.

Any point $x$ (not necessarily in $E$) is said to be an accumulation point of $E$ provided that for every $c>0$ the intersection $(x-c,\ x+c)\cap E$ contains infinitely many points.

How do I show that every interior point of a set must also be an accumulation point of that set from these 2 definitions?

Best Answer

Let $x$ be an interior point of $E$, $(x-c,x+c)\subset E$. Let $d>0$, $(x-inf(c,d),x+inf(c,d))\cap E\subset (x-c,x+c)\subset E$. Since $(x-inf(c,d),x+inf(c,d))\subset (x-d,x+d)$ contains an infinite number of points, the result follows.