Intersection of compact sets

• March 10th 2010, 05:23 PM
harish21
Intersection of compact sets
Given, two compact sets A and B, how do we show that their intersection A $\bigcap$B is also compact?
• March 10th 2010, 05:52 PM
Drexel28
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Originally Posted by harish21
Given, two compact sets A and B, how do we show that their intersection A $\bigcap$B is also compact?

In what kind of space?
• March 10th 2010, 05:59 PM
harish21
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Originally Posted by Drexel28
In what kind of space?

A and B are compact subsets of R
• March 10th 2010, 06:01 PM
Drexel28
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Originally Posted by harish21
A and B are compact subsets of R

Think closed subspace
• March 10th 2010, 06:07 PM
harish21
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Originally Posted by Drexel28
Think closed subspace

A and B are closed and bounded because they are compact.
So A $\bigcap$ B is also closed.
How do we show boundedness?
• March 10th 2010, 06:24 PM
Drexel28
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Originally Posted by harish21
A and B are closed and bounded because they are compact.
So A $\bigcap$ B is also closed.
How do we show boundedness?

The Heine-Borel theorem is kind of overkill here...but.

Clearly if $C\subseteq D$ then $\text{diam }C\leqslant \text{diam }D$, right? $A\cap B\subseteq A$