Topological Exterior

The exterior of a subset S X 𝑆 𝑋 S\subseteq X , denoted ext ( S ) ext 𝑆 \mathrm{ext}(S) of a Topological Space X 𝑋 X is the largest open set that is disjoint from S 𝑆 S . More specifically, it is the union

ext(S)={U𝒪(X)}ext𝑆𝑈𝒪𝑋\par\mathrm{ext}(S)=\bigcup\left\{\;U\in\mathcal{O}({X})\right\}

The exterior of a subset is the topological analog of a Complement of a Subset, and thus carries all of the latters Constructive pitfalls.

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