Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-options-i-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2008/e/e2/ii/solution

If were separated by two disjoint nonempty relatively open sets, their preimages under the restriction would be disjoint nonempty relatively open sets covering . Continuity makes them open in , contradicting its connectedness. Therefore is connected.

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