Is it true that for all topological spaces $X$ and all open $A,B \subseteq X$, it holds that if $A \neq B$, then $\partial A \neq \partial B$? What about if $A$ and $B$ are instead assumed closed? I can't think of any counterexamples, but my gut feeling is that for open sets its true but for closed sets it may fail.
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If two open sets are distinct, do they necessarily have distinct boundaries?
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Let $X$ be a disk, let $A$ be an open disk inside $X$, let $B$ be the complement in $X$ of the closure of $A$. Don't $A$ and $B$ have the same boundary?