Thread: Quick Cluster Points Question

I'm beginning to study Analysis but I'm having the wording of this particular paragraph is confusing to me:

"The definition of boundary point (when this is not an isolated point) implies that any ball about such a point actually contains infinitely many points from S. Thus, a cluster point can be either a boundary point or an interior point of a set S but never an exterior point of S. If, for instance S is the set of rational numbers contained in the unit interval, , then no point in S is an interior point of S and "

It's the last sentence that loses me. Are they saying that no point in S is an interior point of S and an interior point of . Or are they saying that no point in S is an interior point of S... AND... ?

I'm getting LaTeX errors on most of what I put in there... can others see it? I don't know what the deal is.

Originally Posted by jameselmore91

I'm getting LaTeX errors on most of what I put in there... can others see it? I don't know what the deal is.

Use [TEX]...[/TEX] not [Math]...[/Math]

Originally Posted by jameselmore91

. If, for instance S is the set of rational numbers contained in the unit interval, , then no point in S is an interior point of S and "
It's the last sentence that loses me. Are they saying that no point in S is an interior point of S and an interior point of

Any open set that contains a point of also contains an irrational number. Therefore every point of is a boundary point if and not an interior point.

Originally Posted by jameselmore91

I'm beginning to study Analysis but I'm having the wording of this particular paragraph is confusing to me:

"The definition of boundary point (when this is not an isolated point) implies that any ball about such a point actually contains infinitely many points from S. Thus, a cluster point can be either a boundary point or an interior point of a set S but never an exterior point of S. If, for instance S is the set of rational numbers contained in the unit interval, , then no point in S is an interior point of S and "

It's the last sentence that loses me. Are they saying that no point in S is an interior point of S and an interior point of . Or are they saying that no point in S is an interior point of S... AND... ?

It is the second.