Properties of the boundary of a set

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let $X$ be a topological space. Let $\emptyset \neq A \subset X$ be such that $A=\partial A$

Which one of the following is then guaranteed to be true?

i) $\exists x \in A: \forall N \in N(x): N \cap (X \backslash A)=\emptyset$

ii) $int(A) \neq \emptyset$

iii) $A= \bar{A} $ Where $\bar{A}$ is the contact point which our teacher denoted boundary points + interior points

My own thoughts to this question are the following:

it cannot be ii) since $int(A)$ must be empty since $A$ only contains the boundary points.

Furthermore it cannot be iii) because $\bar{A}$ contains interior points as well where $\partial A=A$ only contains boundary points

When I try to paint i) I cannot make it fit as well. My thoughts are that since the boundary points of A must be contained in X since $A \subset X$. Then when I look at the last $N \cap (X \backslash A)=\emptyset$ I cannot see how the intersection between the neighborhoods without $A$ is empty. I mean if you remove the set the neighborhoods of the set will still be there? And when the Neighborhoods are still there they must still be contained in X? So in my view it would make more since if it was $N \cap (X \backslash A) \neq \emptyset$. But I could be misunderstanding something.

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The boundary of any set is closed, as $\partial A = \overline{A} \cap \overline{X\setminus A}$ is the intersection of closed sets.

So if $A = \partial A$, $A$ is closed and so $\overline{A} = A$.

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Number $i$ isn't correct for example suppose that $X = R^2$ that $R$ is a real space and $A = S^1$ for any $x$ in $S^1$, any neighborhood of $x$, $N \cap (X - A)$ isn't empty. Number $ii$ is wrong and $iii$ is correct.