An infinite set with the cofinite topology is not Hausdorff.

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I try to demostrate that an infinite set $X$ with the cofinite topology is not Hausdorff. I know $A⊂X$ can be written as the intersection of open sets containing it. But I don´t know how to get a contradiction.

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The complement of an open set is finite. Can another open set fit in the complement?

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Hint: The intersection of any two non-empty open contains all but finitely many points.