In: Advanced Math
Prove the following stronger variant of Proposition 7.4. Suppose C is collection of connected subsets of a metric space X and B ∈ C. Show, if for each A ∈ C, A ∩ B not equal ∅, then Γ = ∪{C : C ∈ C} is connected. [Suggestion: Consider the collection D = {C ∪ B : C ∈ C}].