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Connected Component

Last updated Nov 1, 2022

# Definition

Let $X$ be a Topological Space. Then $C \subset X$ is a Connected Component of $X$ if $C$ is a Maximal (wrt Subset Relation) connected set. That is, if $C’ \subset X$ is Connected and $C \subset C’$, then $C = C’$.