TITLE: Show that boundary of a closed set is nowhere dense
QUESTION [8 upvotes]: Let $H$ be a closed set then, $Cl(H) =H$ and hence the $\partial H \subset H$.
Now to show that the boundary is nowhere dense, it would suffice to show that $Int(Cl(\partial H)) =\emptyset$,
i.e., $Int(\partial H) = \emptyset$, but how do I proceed further in order to show this?

REPLY [9 votes]: Let $U$ be an open set such that $U\subset\partial H$. We'll show that $U=\emptyset$:
Since $\partial H\subset H$ (since $H$ is closed), we must have $U\subset H$. Since $U$ is open, this implies that $U\subset\operatorname{Int}(H)$.
Hence $U\subset\partial H\cap\operatorname{Int}(H)=\emptyset$.