For sets A, B ⊆ R, let A + B = {a + b | a ∈ A, b ∈ B}. For closed sets A, B ⊆ R, A + B is not necessarily closed.

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For sets A, B ⊆ R, let A + B = {a + b | a ∈ A, b ∈ B}.

For closed sets A, B ⊆ R, A + B is not necessarily closed. Show that this is true by finding an example of sets A and B such that the accumulation points of A + B are exactly Z, but (A + B) ∩ Z = ∅.

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