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Some conceptual understanding problems. For instance I know that if $X$ is path connected, then $X$ is connected, but it is not necessarily true the other way around. In the example of my book, they give some set $X$ saying:

For example, when $X= \{(x,\sin\frac{1}{x}):0 <x\le 1\} \subset \mathbb{R}^2_{\text{usual topology}}$, it is clear that $\overline{X}=X\cup [0]\times [-1,1]$ is connected but not path connected.

Now I have hard time seeing why this holds, I would appreciate some clear explanation.

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    Look munkres for detailed proof. – Kelvin Lois Apr 30 '18 at 09:26
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    There are answers already of both questions (connectivity and path-connectivity) https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/317125/topologists-sine-curve-is-connected

    https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/35054/topologists-sine-curve-is-not-path-connected?noredirect=1&lq=1

    – Javi Apr 30 '18 at 09:31

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