A diifficulty in understanding a sentence in a paragraph in Guillemin and Pollack p.77

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But I have a difficulty in understanding the sentence starting in the forth line by "If we furthur ...." until its end, could anyone explain it for me please?



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    The paragraph is given below:



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    But I have a difficulty in understanding the sentence starting in the forth line by "If we furthur ...." until its end, could anyone explain it for me please?



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      The paragraph is given below:



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      But I have a difficulty in understanding the sentence starting in the forth line by "If we furthur ...." until its end, could anyone explain it for me please?



      thanks!










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      The paragraph is given below:



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      But I have a difficulty in understanding the sentence starting in the forth line by "If we furthur ...." until its end, could anyone explain it for me please?



      thanks!







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          This is all basic point-set stuff. $X cap Z$ is a $0$-dimensional manifold, so it is discrete. If both $X$ and $Z$ are closed then so is $X cap Z$. If, say, $X$ is compact, then $X cap Z subseteq X$. Hence $X cap Z$ is a closed subset of a compact space, so it is compact. Since it is compact and discrete, it is finite.






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            If $X$ and $Z$ are closed and at least one of them is compact, then $Xcap Z$ is closed and compact (the intersection of closed sets is closed, and a closed subset of a compact set is compact). Then, the statement is that compact zero-dimensional submanifolds must be finite, which is clear. Zero-dimensional manifolds are discrete, and discrete compact sets are finite.






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              This is all basic point-set stuff. $X cap Z$ is a $0$-dimensional manifold, so it is discrete. If both $X$ and $Z$ are closed then so is $X cap Z$. If, say, $X$ is compact, then $X cap Z subseteq X$. Hence $X cap Z$ is a closed subset of a compact space, so it is compact. Since it is compact and discrete, it is finite.






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                This is all basic point-set stuff. $X cap Z$ is a $0$-dimensional manifold, so it is discrete. If both $X$ and $Z$ are closed then so is $X cap Z$. If, say, $X$ is compact, then $X cap Z subseteq X$. Hence $X cap Z$ is a closed subset of a compact space, so it is compact. Since it is compact and discrete, it is finite.






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                  This is all basic point-set stuff. $X cap Z$ is a $0$-dimensional manifold, so it is discrete. If both $X$ and $Z$ are closed then so is $X cap Z$. If, say, $X$ is compact, then $X cap Z subseteq X$. Hence $X cap Z$ is a closed subset of a compact space, so it is compact. Since it is compact and discrete, it is finite.






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                  This is all basic point-set stuff. $X cap Z$ is a $0$-dimensional manifold, so it is discrete. If both $X$ and $Z$ are closed then so is $X cap Z$. If, say, $X$ is compact, then $X cap Z subseteq X$. Hence $X cap Z$ is a closed subset of a compact space, so it is compact. Since it is compact and discrete, it is finite.







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                      If $X$ and $Z$ are closed and at least one of them is compact, then $Xcap Z$ is closed and compact (the intersection of closed sets is closed, and a closed subset of a compact set is compact). Then, the statement is that compact zero-dimensional submanifolds must be finite, which is clear. Zero-dimensional manifolds are discrete, and discrete compact sets are finite.






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                        If $X$ and $Z$ are closed and at least one of them is compact, then $Xcap Z$ is closed and compact (the intersection of closed sets is closed, and a closed subset of a compact set is compact). Then, the statement is that compact zero-dimensional submanifolds must be finite, which is clear. Zero-dimensional manifolds are discrete, and discrete compact sets are finite.






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                          If $X$ and $Z$ are closed and at least one of them is compact, then $Xcap Z$ is closed and compact (the intersection of closed sets is closed, and a closed subset of a compact set is compact). Then, the statement is that compact zero-dimensional submanifolds must be finite, which is clear. Zero-dimensional manifolds are discrete, and discrete compact sets are finite.






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                          If $X$ and $Z$ are closed and at least one of them is compact, then $Xcap Z$ is closed and compact (the intersection of closed sets is closed, and a closed subset of a compact set is compact). Then, the statement is that compact zero-dimensional submanifolds must be finite, which is clear. Zero-dimensional manifolds are discrete, and discrete compact sets are finite.







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