Re: Compactness




William Elliot wrote:
[0,1] \/ [2,3] is compact and has a big hole, (1,2).
(1,2) is an infinite process, ie (1,2) = \/_n (1+1/n, 1-1/n)

You missed it! After a stage your process skips off [0,1]\/[2,3]; and I
couldn't make out why you have considered it an infinite process.

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