# Math Help - open and closed sets proof

1. ## open and closed sets proof

Suppose that A and B are subsets of ℝ such that A is open and B is closed. Prove that A-B is open and B-A is closed. hint: use the fact that if X and Y are subsets of ℝthen X-Y=X∩(ℝ-Y). PLEASE SHOW ME THE LIGHT!!

2. For set difference $A\backslash B = A \cap B^c \,\& \,B\backslash A = B \cap A^c$.

Recall that the complement of a closed set is an open set and the intersection of two open sets is an open set.

Recall that the complement of an open set is a closed set and the intersection of two closed sets is a closed set.

3. Originally Posted by Plato
For set difference $A\backslash B = A \cap B^c \,\& \,B\backslash A = B \cap A^c$.

Recall that the complement of a closed set is an open set and the intersection of two open sets is an open set.

Recall that the complement of an open set is a closed set and the intersection of two closed sets is a closed set.
haha I don't know what this means. My discrete professor gave it to us an extra credit assignment. I can't figure out this neighborhood, boundary, etc etc stuff. Can anyone offer a completed proof?

4. Originally Posted by gatesamatic
My discrete professor gave it to us an extra credit assignment. I can't figure out this neighborhood, boundary, etc etc stu
This is my own take on this.
These are questions about basic topology.
I do not think that topics in topology have any place in a course on discrete mathematics.