Intersection of Singleton
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Theorem
Consider the set of sets $A$ such that $A$ consists of just one set $x$:
- $A = \set x$
Then the intersection of $A$ is $x$:
- $\bigcap A = x$
Proof
Let $A = \set x$.
Then from the definition:
- $\bigcap \set x = \set {y: \forall z \in \set x: y \in z}$
from which it follows directly:
- $\bigcap \set x = \set {y: y \in x}$
as $x$ is the only set in $\set x$.
That is:
- $\bigcap A = x$
$\blacksquare$
Also see
Sources
- 1967: George McCarty: Topology: An Introduction with Application to Topological Groups ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{I}$: Sets and Functions: Unions and Intersections
- 1993: Keith Devlin: The Joy of Sets: Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 1$: Naive Set Theory: $\S 1.4$: Sets of Sets: Exercise $1.4.2: \ \text{(i)}$
- 2010: Raymond M. Smullyan and Melvin Fitting: Set Theory and the Continuum Problem (revised ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $2$: Some Basics of Class-Set Theory: $\S 5$ The union axiom: Exercise $5.5. \ \text {(b)}$