5.1. Open and Closed Sets
Definition 5.1.5: Boundary, Accumulation, Interior, and Isolated Points
Let S be an arbitrary set in the real line R.
- A point
b
R
is called boundary point of S if every non-empty
neighborhood of b intersects S and the complement
of S. The set of all boundary points of S is called
the boundary of S, denoted by bd(S).
- A point
s
S
is called interior point of S if there exists a
neighborhood of s completely contained in S. The set
of all interior points of S is called the interior, denoted
by int(S).
- A point
t
S
is called isolated point of S if there exists a
neighborhood U of t such that
U
S = { t }.
- A point
r
S
is called accumulation point, if every neighborhood of
r contains infinitely many distinct points of S.
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