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Let $A = \{a +\pi b : a , b \in \mathbb{Z}\}$ is a subset of $\mathbb{R}$. What will be the derived set of it?

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    Yes, Sir By Derived set, I mean the set of all limit points of the set $A$.2012-07-15

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$A$ is an additive subgroup of $\Bbb R$, which is not discrete since $\pi$ is irrational. A known result about additive sub-groups of $\Bbb R$ shows that $A$ is dense in $\Bbb R$ for the usual topology. Each point which is not in $A$ is a limit point.

For the points which are in $A$, we use irrationality criteria (proposition 4 in the link).