Write . Each is closed in , by the compact subset of a Hausdorff space theorem. Therefore is closed, and is compact because is compact. The nonempty finite intersections give the finite intersection property, so part (a)(ii) also yields .
Suppose were not connected. Part (c) would give disjoint open sets containing in their union and each meeting . Let
This is a closed subset of the compact space , and . Apply the contrapositive of the finite intersection characterization of compactness to the family of closed sets . Some finite subfamily has empty intersection. Since every finite intersection of just the is nonempty, that subfamily must include . Thus for some finite ,
But and meets both and . Therefore and are nonempty disjoint relatively open sets covering , contradicting its assumed connectedness. This proves
This is connectedness of an intersection from connected finite intersections. If , its intersection is ; the stated hypothesis for the finite set already makes nonempty and connected, so that case is included.