4

Let $X$ have a countable basis and $A\subset X$ is uncountable. Would you help me to prove that uncountably many points of A are limit points of A.

beginner
  • 2,117
  • 4
  • 27
  • 50

1 Answers1

5

HINT: Let $\mathscr{B}$ be a countable base for $X$. Let $\mathscr{B}_0=\{B\in\mathscr{B}:A\cap B\text{ is countable}\}$, and let $$C=\bigcup_{B\in\mathscr{B}_0}(A\cap B)\;.$$

  1. Show that $C$ is countable.
  2. Show that if $a\in A\setminus C$, then $a$ is a limit point of $A$. (You can prove more here: every open neighborhood of $a$ actually contains uncountably many points of $A$.
Brian M. Scott
  • 616,228