Proof of Intersection of Interiors?

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If A and B are subsets of R^d, show that the interior of (A?B) = (interior of A) ? (interior of B)

Is this also true using AUB?

Please help! I'm stuck... Thanks!
 
To show sets are equal, you show they are subsets of each other.

Let x be an element of interior of (A?B). That means that there is a ball around x which is entirely contained in (A?B). That means it is entirely contained in A so x is in the interior of A. And same for B.

That establishes that int(A?B) is a subset of (interior of A) ? (interior of B)

Now the other direction. Let x be an element of (interior of A) ? (interior of B). That means it's an element of (interior of A) and it's an element of (interior of B).

That means there's a ball around X which is entirely contained in A, and there's also a ball around X which is entirely contained within B. Pick the smaller of those two balls.
 
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