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Connected Set

A connected set is a Set which cannot be partitioned into two nonempty Subsets which are open in the relative topology induced on the Set. Equivalently, it is a Set which cannot be partitioned into two nonempty Subsets such that each Subset has no points in common with the closure of the other.


The Real Numbers are a connected set.

See also Closed Set, Empty Set, Open Set, Set, Subset




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1999-05-26