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Compact subsets of a cocountable space

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Only finite subsets are compact in the cocountable topology. An infinite subset contains distinct c1​,c2​,…. The open sets obtained by removing the tails {cj​:j≥n} form an increasing open cover, but every finite selection misses a tail point. Finite sets are compact in every topology.

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