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Past exam of the metric spaces and complex analysis course of the University of Oxford 2014 1 b i Solution by
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False. Removing a point from the real line leaves two disjoint nonempty open rays, so the remainder is disconnected. Removing a point from the Euclidean plane leaves a path-connected space: join any two remaining points by a line segment if it avoids the removed point, or by two segments through a point not on either of the two lines through the removed point and the chosen endpoints.
A proposed homeomorphism would restrict to a homeomorphism between these punctured spaces and preserve connectedness, which is impossible. Hence
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