In
mathematics, an
adherent point (also
closure point or
point of closure or
contact point) of a subset
A of a
topological space X, is a point
x in
X such that every
open set containing
x contains at least one point of
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. A point
x is an adherent point for
A if and only if
x is in the
closure of
A.