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Connectedness

Undergraduate

Definition

A topological space is connected if it cannot be separated into two disjoint nonempty open sets.

Formulas

X ≠ U ∪ V for disjoint nonempty open U, V

Definition of connectedness

Examples

Example 1

Explain why ℝ is connected.

Example 2

Show ℚ is not connected.

Applications

Analysis

Intermediate value theorem

Graph Theory

Connected graphs

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