I know that this is true for Hausdorff spaces and metric spaces, which are Hausdorff spaces, but I can’t prove it for second countable spaces. Is it even true? Thanks!
2026-03-25 07:42:09.1774424529
Is every compact subset of a second countable space closed?
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No, it's not true. For the easiest example take a two point space where one of the points is open and the other is not. The point that is open is not closed, but it is compact because it is finite. Clearly every finite space is second countable.