compact and closed set problem

Question

Let {Ωα : α ∈ I} be an arbitrary family of closed sets Ωα ⊆R^d with an index set I.

(a) Prove that ⋂Ωα is a closed set. [7]

(b) Set d = 2 and show by construction of a counterexample that ⋃ Ωα is not necessarily closed. [2]

I understand the definitions of closed sets (contains all of its limit points) and that if a set is compact then it is closed but cant seem to work this out.

Can you show that the intersection of two closed sets is closed? — Noah Schweber, Jun 18 '18 at 00:35
is the intersection of two closed sets the empty set which is closed? — J.floyd, Jun 18 '18 at 04:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 18 '18 at 06:03

(I). Let $F$ be a family of closed subsets of $\Bbb R^n.$

Let $\sigma=(p_n)_{n\in \Bbb N}$ be any convergent sequence of members of $\cap F,$ converging to $p.$ Then for each $f\in F,$ all the members of $\sigma$ belong to $f,$ and $f$ is closed, so $p\in F.$ Since $p$ belongs to every member of $F,$ therefore $p$ belongs to $\cap F.$

(II). If $U$ is any non-closed subset of $\Bbb R^n,$ consider that $F=\{\{p\}:p\in U\}$ is a family of closed sets of $\Bbb R^n$ but $\cup F =U$ is not closed.

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