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Boundary


The boundary of a set S is the set of points belonging to both the set closure of S and the set closure of its complement set. These points are called boundary points. The boundary is sometimes called the frontier.


See also

Boundary Complex, Boundary Conditions, Boundary Map, Boundary Point, Boundary Set, Natural Boundary, Surgery

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Boundary." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Boundary.html

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