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ID: past-exam-of-the-topology-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2021/1/b/iv/solution
Past exam of the topology course of the University of Oxford 2021 1 b iv Solution by
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The only isolated point of the subset is . Indeed,so is open in the subspace topology. If , every basic neighbourhood containing also contains a point strictly between and , hence another point of . Such an is not an isolated point of the subset. Here isolation refers to with its subspace topology; is not an isolated point of the ambient Sorgenfrey line.
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