Proving properties of closures using intersection of indexed sets and topology

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Let X be a set, and let $B \subseteq \mathcal P \left({X}\right)$. Define

$B^* =${ $U \subseteq X:$ There is an index set $I$ and $U_{i} \in B$ for each $i \in I$ with $U = \bigcup\limits_{i\in I} U_{i}$ }.

Informally, we think of $B^*$ as "the closure of $B$ under arbitrary unions."

If $B \subseteq \mathcal P \left({X}\right)$, we say that $B$ is a basis on X, if for any $U, V \in B$ and any $x \in U \cap V$, there is $W \in B$ with $x \in W$ and $W \subseteq U \cap V.$

Let X be a set and $B$ a basis on X.

Prove by induction on $k$ that if $U_{0},...,U_{k-1} \in B$ and $U_{0} \cap...\cap U_{k-1} \in B$, then there is $W \in B$ with $x \in B$ and $W \subseteq U_{0} \cap...\cap U_{k-1}$.

Then, prove that $B^*$ is a topology on X.

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The induction on $k$ is standard: You can start with $k=1$ (we then have one set and the statement is trivially true). Assume truth for $k \ge 1$. For $k+1$, write $U_0 \cap \ldots \cap U_{(k+1)-1}$ as $(U_0 \cap \ldots U_{k-1}) \cap U_k$, and apply the hypothesis for the left hand side, and the given base property for the conclusion.

To check we have a topology, show that the property from the induction shows that $B^\ast$ is closed under finite intersections. That it is closed under unions is true by construction almost; Taking the index set $I = \emptyset$ ensures that $\emptyset \in B^\ast$.

I don't see how $X \in B^\ast$ in general, as we could take $B = \emptyset$, and then $B^\ast = \{\emptyset\}$ is not a topology. We need to assume that $\cup B = X$ as well.