TITLE: Interior of a set is the largest open subset - proof verification
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: I want to prove the following:

Let $(X, \mathcal{T})$ be a topological space. Let $A \subset X$ be a subset. Then $\mathrm{int}A$ is the largest open subset of $A$.

Our definition is $\mathrm{int}A = \{x \in A : \exists \text{ neighbourhood } N \text{ of } x \text{ such that } N \subset A\}$
I'm not sure if my proof is correct and would appreciate a check of it:

We have already previously shown that $\mathrm{int}A$ is open (this was a previous proposition). Let $U \subset A$ be open. Let $x \in U$. Then $\exists$ neighbourhood $N$ of $x$ such that $N \subset U$ (since $U$ is open). But $N \subset U \subset A$, i.e. $x \in \mathrm{int}A$, and we have shown that $U \subset \mathrm{int}A$.

REPLY [2 votes]: For the sake of removing this question from the unanswered queue: Brian M. Scott has confirmed that this proof is correct.
user21820 also makes the point that the interior of $A$ is the union of all open subsets of $A$, and that the closure of A is the intersection of all closed supersets of $A$.