The Stacks project

Lemma 5.21.3. Let $X$ be a topological space. Let $U \subset X$ be an open. Let $T \subset U$ be a subset. If $T$ is nowhere dense in $U$, then $T$ is nowhere dense in $X$.

Proof. Assume $T$ is nowhere dense in $U$. Suppose that $x \in X$ is an interior point of the closure $\overline{T}$ of $T$ in $X$. Say $x \in V \subset \overline{T}$ with $V \subset X$ open in $X$. Note that $\overline{T} \cap U$ is the closure of $T$ in $U$. Hence the interior of $\overline{T} \cap U$ being empty implies $V \cap U = \emptyset $. Thus $x$ cannot be in the closure of $U$, a fortiori cannot be in the closure of $T$, a contradiction. $\square$


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