Give an example of sets {An}n≥1 such that for each n ≥ 1, the set An ⊂ [0, 1] is both compact and connected, but the union of An n ≥ 1 is neither compact nor connected.

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Give an example of sets {An}n1 such that for each n 1, the set An [0, 1] is both compact and connected, but the union of An n 1 is neither compact nor connected.

 

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