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    The rationals are neither open nor closed

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    Density of both rationals and irrationals makes $\QQ\subseteq\RR$ neither open nor closed.Suggest a slogan

    The subset \(\QQ\subseteq \RR\) is neither open nor closed in the standard topology, since every nonempty open interval contains both rational and irrational numbers.

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