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Prove or disprove that the intersection of any collection
ofclosed sets is closed.

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Answer:

Intersection of collection of any closed set is a closed set.

Explanation:

Let F be a collection of arbitrary closed sets and let
B_i be closed set belonging to F.

We define a closed set as the set that contains its limit point or in other words it can be described that the complement or not of a closed set is an open set.

Thus, we can write R as


R =\bigcap\limits_(B_i \in F )^{} B_i

Now, applying De-Morgan's Theorem, we have


R^c = (\bigcap\limits_(B_i \in F )^{} B_i)^c


R^c = \bigcup\limits_(B_i \in F )^{} B_i^c

Since we knew
B_i are closed set, thus,
B_i^c is an open set.

We also know that union of all open set is an open set.

Thus,
R^c is an open set.

Thus, R is a closed set.

Hence, the theorem.

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