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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2010 iii Paper 9 4 ii Solution by
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For , let . The presence or absence of is determined by a sufficiently long finite initial segment, so and its complement are open sets in the ordinary topology on infinite subsets. The Ellentuck topology is finer, hence each is star-clopen and in particular star-closed. Their union isEvery basic star-neighborhood of has for some , and its reservoir contains every integer greater than . Choosing gives . Thus is in the star-closure of the union, but not in the union itself. Therefore
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