Boundary (Topology)

For a different notion of boundary related to manifolds, see that article.

1. Define the boundary of S to be the intersection of the closure of S with the closure of its complement.
2. Define p in X to be a boundary point of S if every neighborhood of p contains at least one point of S and at least one point not in S. Then define the boundary of S to be the set of all boundary points of S.

Properties

• The boundary of a set is closed.
• p is a boundary point of a set iff every neighborhood of p contains at least one point in the set and at least one point not in the set.
• The boundary of a set equals the intersection of that set's closure with the closure of its complement.
• A set is closed iff the boundary of the set is in the set, and open iff it is disjoint from its boundary.
• The boundary of a set equals the boundary of its complement.
• The closure of a set equals the union of the set with its boundary.
• The boundary of a set is empty iff the set is both closed and open (i.e. a clopen set).

Examples

• If $X=[0,5)$, then $\backslash partial\; X\; =\; \backslash \{0,5\backslash \}.$
• $\backslash partial\; \backslash overline\{B\}(\backslash mathbf\{a\},\; r)\; =\; \backslash overline\{B\}(\backslash mathbf\{a\},\; r)\; -\; B(\backslash mathbf\{a\},\; r)$
• $\backslash partial\; D^n\; \backslash simeq\; S^\{n-1\}$
• $\backslash partial\; \backslash emptyset\; =\; \backslash emptyset$
• In R³, if Ω=x²+y² ≤ 1, ∂Ω = Ω, but in R², ∂Ω = {(x, y) | x²+y² = 1}. So, the boundary of a set can depend on what set it lies in.

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