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Sahil posted an Question
April 13, 2020 • 04:26 am 30 points
  • CSIR NET
  • Mathematical Sciences

arbitrary collection of disjoint open intervals is countable...

This statement is wrong. Here's a counter - example. The union of countable family of open intervals (- n , n) is R which is uncountable. By Lindelof theorem, an arbitrary union of open sets can be reduced to a countable union. Therefore, if a union of a countable family of open intervals is uncountable, then a union of an uncountable super-family of open intervals can be uncountable. QED can somebody throw light on the above paragraph.....

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    Ujjawal vishal best-answer

    i think statement is true... and your example is not the collection of disjoint sets

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    Sahil

    the statement was:arbitrary collection of disjoint open intervals is countable.....

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