The closure of a set is the smallest closed set containing
. Closed sets are closed under arbitrary
intersection, so it is also the intersection of all closed sets containing
. Typically, it is just
with all of its accumulation
points.
Topological Closure
See also
Closed Set, Sequence, Set Closure, TopologyThis entry contributed by Todd Rowland
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