Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani

MATH F 311 Introduction to Topology

Problem Set-2(Article 13-17)

Q.1 Exercise (page 108) Q.1-Q.4, Q.6, Q.9 and Q.10

Q.2 Exercise (page 116-118) Q.1-Q.6, Q.8-Q.20

Q.3 If T = { Φ, X, A, B} be a topology on X, where A≠ Φ, B≠Φ are proper subsets of X , then find

conditions for A and B so that T is a topology on X.

Q.4 Let (X, T) be a topological space and let A, B be non-empty subsets of X Then show that:
(a)  '   (d) ( A  B) '  A'  B '
(b) x  A'  x  ( A  {x}) ' (e) ( A  B) '  A'  B '
(c) A  B  A'  B ' (f) A  B  A  B 
(g) ( A )   A (h) ( A  B)   A  B 
(i) ( A  B)   A  B 
where A’ means derived set of A and A means interior of A.

Q.5 Show that every derived set in a topological space is a closed subset of X.

Q.6 Prove that in a topological space X, ( X  A)   X  A and X  A  ( X  A) where A  X .

Q.7 Let X = { p, q, r, s, t} and T = { Φ, X, {p}, {p, q}, {p, q, t}, {p, r, s}, {p, q, r, s}} be the topology on
X. Determine closure, interior and derived set of following sets:
(a) A = {r, s, t} (b) B = {q} (c) C = {q, s, t}

Q.8 Let (X, T) be a topological space and Y  X . Show that if A  Y then T-interior of A is subset of
interior of A in induced subspace topology on Y.

Q.9 Show that all intervals (a, 1] and [0, b) where 0 < a, b < 1, form a sub-base for the relative usual
topology induced on closed interval I = [0, 1]

Q.10 Let Y be a subspace of a topological space X and Z be a subspace of Y then show that Z is also a
subspace of X.