Conversation started Nov 8, 2015 at 12:07.
Nov 8, 2015 12:07
in Mathematics, 9 mins ago, by Tien-Cheng Huang
In fact I am trying to prove: "Given a subset of $\mathbb{R}$, by repeatedly taking closures and interiors, one can obtain at most 6 different sets". And in my attempt, I have to claim: "int(cl(int(cl(X)))) = int(cl(X)) and cl(int(cl(int(X)))) = cl(int(X)) for any subset X of $\mathbb{R}$. Now I am stuck at proving this claim.
in Mathematics, 37 secs ago, by Martin Sleziak
@Tien-ChengHuang I'd guess it should be possible to find a few question about this already posted on the main. Let me search a bit.
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Q: Does interior of closure of open set equal the set?

beginnerWould you help me to solve this question. Is it true that if A is open set then $A=\operatorname{int}(Cl(A))$ where Cl(A) denote the closure of A. I already prove that $A\subseteq\operatorname{int}(Cl(A)) $ only using definition of closure and interior, but have no idea about proving $\operatorna...

This is probably related too:
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Q: $A \subset \Bbb R$ such that $A$, $clA$, $int(A)$, $cl(int(A))$, $int(clA)$ are pairwise distinct

S.Panja-1729Do there exist subsets with internal closures $A$ of $\mathbb R$ such that $A$ , $\bar A$ , $A^\circ$ , $(\bar A)^\circ$ , $\overline{A^\circ}$ are pairwise distinct? I found an example from a book that such a set exists. For example, consider $$A=[0,1)\cup (1,2]\cup(\mathbb Q\cap [3,4])\cup\{5\...

This is exactly one of the things you asked:
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Q: Idempotence of the interior of the closure

user1337I'm reading the Complex Analysis text by Ahlfors. I'm stuck on exercise 5 on chapter 3: Prove that $\overline{\overline{\overline{{\overline{X}}^c}^c}^c}^c=\overline{{\overline{X}}^c}^c$. I've manged to rephrase the question as $ Int(Cl(Int(Cl(X))))=Int(Cl(X))$. I've proven one inclusion like...

And this is the second one:
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Q: For any set $A\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n$, we have $ \overline{A^{\circ}} = \overline{\overline{A^{\circ}}^{\,\circ}}$

AramI have to prove that for any set $A\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n$, $$ \large\overline{A^{\circ}} = \overline{\overline{A^{\circ}}^{\,\circ}} $$ This is what I got so far: for any set $A$ I'm using these definitions: Interior: $$\exists r > 0\text{ such that }\{x \mid B_r(x) \subseteq A\}$$ Closure: $$...

And you might find some other posts listed tehre among related questions.
Another one:
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Q: Closure of interior of closed set

PJ Miller If $D$ is a closed set, what is the relation in general between the set $D$ and the closure of $\operatorname{Int}D$? We know that $\operatorname{Int}D\subseteq D$, so $\overline{\operatorname{Int}D}\subseteq \overline{D}$, but since $D$ is closed, we have $\overline{D}=D$, so that $\overlin...

When I have time, I should have a look to check how many duplicates of these questions are around.
Nov 8, 2015 12:25
This one is also related to your original question:
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Q: How many sets can we get by taking interiors and closures?

mvcouwenI'm having following problem. I'm looking for the maximum number of different sets that we can generate by one set $B \subseteq \mathbb{R}$ by taking a finite amount of closures and interiors. For example $\{0\}$ generates the sets $\{0\}$ and $\emptyset$. At first I thought the answer was 3 (we ...

in Mathematics, 5 mins ago, by Tien-Cheng Huang
@MartinSleziak Oh... I see this http://math.stackexchange.com/q/385774/275935 and this http://math.stackexchange.com/q/441049/275935 thank you :-) Let me digest them...
in Mathematics, 1 min ago, by Tien-Cheng Huang
@MartinSleziak How do you search them? What key words do you use??
in Mathematics, 28 secs ago, by Martin Sleziak
I will look into my browser history and I will list the searches there. So that we do not flood this room.
I have just search for these things:
And then I clicked on some of the results which seem related. And there I looked on linked and related questions in the sidebar.
Some tips on searching can be found on meta - have a look at question tagged .
You can choose to sort those question by votes or use the frequent tab, to get the more relevant posts to the top.
Nov 8, 2015 12:46
I am not sure to which extent such practice should be encouraged, but occasionally people simply ask on meta when they are looking for a specific question. Like here: meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/21776/…
 
19 hours later…
Nov 9, 2015 08:13
I will also add here this:

Links to some tips for searching

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The above conversation lead to this feature request on meta:
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Q: Please create an article of "Tips for Searching Math Terms for New/Inexperienced Users" and add its link to the sidebar of the main site.

Tien-Cheng HuangPlease create an article of "Tips for Searching Math Terms for New/Inexperienced Users" and add its link to the sidebar of the main site. I believe this will be much helpful for new/inexperienced users looking for hints or solutions for their questions involving specialized math terms/symbols and...

 
Conversation ended Nov 9, 2015 at 8:13.