Is this set$\{(x,y)\in \Bbb R^2 : y=0, \sin(e^{-x})=0\}$ compact in $\Bbb R^2$? (GATE 2013)

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Let us name this set $S=\{(x,y)\in \Bbb R^2 : y=0, \sin(e^{-x})=0\}.$

Now, $\sin (e^{-x})=0 \Rightarrow e^{-x}=n\pi \; \forall n \in \Bbb N.$(As graph of $e^{-x}$ lies in only first and second quadrant) $\Rightarrow -x=\ln n\pi \Rightarrow x=\ln \frac {1}{n\pi}.$

Hence $S = \{( \ln \frac {1}{n\pi},0):n \in \Bbb N\}$.

Also I noticed that $\lim_{x \to \infty} \sin (e^{-x})=0.$ But don't know how to incorporate it into the solution.

Also as $n \to \infty$,we see $\ln \frac {1}{n\pi} \to -\infty.$ But this doesn't satisfy the condition $\sin (e^{-x})=0.$

Based on these observations I am confused a little bit on how to move forward. Although I know that I have to check only closedness and boundedness of $S$.

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Observe that

$$\sin e^{-x}=0\iff e^{-x}=\pi k\;,\;\;k\in\Bbb N\cup\{0\}\iff x=-\log\pi k$$

and from here that $\;S\;$ isn't bounded...