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<p>and, in a Hausdorff space, the irreducible components are the <a href="page.php?w=singleton_%28mathematics%29">singletons</a>.</p>

<p><big> In topology </big></p>
<p>A <a href="page.php?w=topological_space">topological space</a> X is <b>reducible</b> if it can be written as a union  of two <a href="page.php?w=Closed_set">closed</a> proper subsets ,  of A topological space is <b>irreducible</b> (or <b><a href="page.php?w=hyperconnected_space">hyperconnected</a></b>) if it is not reducible. Equivalently, X is irreducible if all non empty <a href="page.php?w=open_set">open</a></p><p>
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