Relating to a topology and its basis.

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Exercise. Show that for the topology $\tau$ in $\mathbb{R}$ with the subbasis sets $A = \{y \in \mathbb{R} : x \leqslant y\}$ and $\mathbb{R} \backslash A = \{y \in \mathbb{R} : x \not\leqslant y\}$as we have the following:

$(a)$ The intervals $[a,b[$ form a basis of $\tau$ closed relatively to binary intersection.

$(b)$ $\tau$ doesn't have a countable base, but for any point it has a neighborhood countable basis.

$(c)$ $\mathbb{Q}$ is dense in $\mathbb{R}$, relatively to $\tau$. (i.e., the closure of $\mathbb{Q}$ is $\mathbb{R}$).

My attempt. I was able to do exercise $(a)$ just by noticing that a basis for the topology $\tau$ is the collection of all finite intersections of elements from the subbasis, i.e., a base $\mathcal{B}$ for the topology $\tau$ is given by: \begin{equation*} \mathcal{B} = \bigcap_{x,x' \in \mathbb{R}} \{A(x),\mathbb{R}\backslash A(x')\} = [a,b[, \quad \text{ for some } a,b \in \mathbb{R}. \end{equation*}

As for exercise $(b)$, how would one proceed? I understand that we must show that every basis for the topology $\tau$ must be uncountable, and I also understand that the definition of a neighborhood countable basis is given by: Let $(X,U)$ be a topological space. We say that a point $x \in X$ has a countable neighborhood base at $x$ if there is a countable collection $\{U^x_j\}^{\infty}_{j=1}$ of open subsets of $X$ such that every neighborhood $W$ of $x$ contains some $U^x_j$, but I don't know how to proceed, unfortunately.

As for exercise $(c)$, what is the difference between proving $\Bbb Q$ is dense in $\Bbb R$ in a general case and proving it relatively to the $\tau$ topology? I feel like nothing changes...

Thanks for all the help in advance.

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Note that the collection of finite intersections of the subbasis also include all the subbasis themselves, whereas the collection of all $[a,b[$ does not, so we still need to verify that the two collections generate the same topology. But this is just a routine check.

Let $\mathscr{B}$ be a basis for $\tau$. For each $x\in\mathbb{R}$, pick $B_x\in\mathscr{B}$ such that $x\in B_x\subseteq[x,x+1[$. If $x<y$, then $x\notin B_y$, so $B_x\neq B_y$. This establishes an injection $\mathbb{R}\to\mathscr{B}$, proving $\mathscr{B}$ to be uncountable.

Part (c) is, as you said, not so different from the case of usual topology on $\mathbb{R}$.