# Show that if $U$ is a nonempty open set in $\mathbb{R}$, then $\overline{U}$ = $\mathbb{R}$.

Let $\mathbb{R}$ be a topological space with topology $T = \{ U \subseteq \mathbb{R} : U^c \ \text{is finite} \} \bigcup \{\emptyset \}$. Show that if $U$ is a nonempty open set in $\mathbb{R}$, then $\overline{U} = \mathbb{R}$.

So I suppose that $U$ is a non open set in $\mathbb{R}$

$\Rightarrow$ $U$ is a subset of $\Bbb R$ such that U$^c$ is finite

What is the next step?

If $U \in T\setminus\{\emptyset\}$, then $$\mathbb{R}\setminus U=\{u_1,\ldots,u_m\}$$ It follows that $$U=\mathbb{R}\setminus\{u_1,\ldots,u_m\}.$$ To prove that $\overline{U}=\mathbb{R}$ it is enough to show that given $x \in \mathbb{R}$, we have $U_x\cap U\ne \emptyset$ for every $U_x \in T$ with $x \in U_x$. So let $U_x \in T$ with $x \in U_x$. Then $U_x=\mathbb{R}\setminus\{x_1,\ldots,x_n\}$. We now have $$U_x\cap U=(\mathbb{R}\setminus\{x_1,\ldots,x_m\})\cap(\mathbb{R}\setminus\{u_1,\ldots,u_m\})=\mathbb{R}\setminus(\{x_1,\ldots,x_n\}\cup\{u_1,\ldots,u_m\}).$$ It is obvious that $$\mathbb{R}\setminus(\{x_1,\ldots,x_n\}\cup\{u_1,\ldots,u_m\})=\mathbb{R}\setminus\{x_1,\ldots,x_n,u_1,\ldots,u_m\}$$ is non-empty since $\{x_1,\ldots,x_n,u_1,\ldots,u_m\}$ is a finite subset of $\mathbb{R}$.
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If $U$ is an nonempty open set in $\Bbb R$ then $\Bbb R\smallsetminus U$ finite, say $\{u_1,\ldots,u_r\}$. To show that $\overline U=\Bbb R$, you need to show that every element of $\Bbb R$ is in the closure of $\overline U$, which amounts to showing that for every $x\in\Bbb R$ and every open set $N$ containing $x$, $N\cap U$ is nonempty. But $N$ being open has finite complement, call it $\{n_1,\ldots,n_q\}$. Now, $$\Bbb R\smallsetminus(N\cap U)=\{n_1,\ldots,n_q\}\cup \{u_1,\ldots,u_r\}$$ by De Morgan's laws. The complement, call it $C$, of the above is $N\cap U$. Is this nonempty for any choice of $x$ and $N$? What do you conclude?