有一种做法, 不需要分情况, 容易推广到证明“$ℝ^n(n≥4)$去掉2维子空间仍连通”:
$Y=\{(a,b,a,b):a,b∈ℝ\}$ is a linear subspace of $ℝ^4$, we have $Y^⟂=\{(a,b,-a,-b):a,b∈ℝ\}$.
For $(a_1,b_1,c_1,d_1),(a_2,b_2,c_2,d_2)∈X=ℝ^4∖Y$, let $y_1=\left(-\frac{a_1+c_1}2,-\frac{b_1+d_1}2,-\frac{a_1+c_1}2,-\frac{b_1+d_1}2\right)$, $y_2=\left(-\frac{a_1+a_2}2,-\frac{b_2+d_2}2,-\frac{a_2+c_2}2,-\frac{b_2+d_2}2\right)$, $x_1=(a_1,b_1,c_1,d_1)+y_1=\left(\frac{a_1-c_1}2,\frac{b_1-d_1}2,\frac{c_1-a_1}2,\frac{d_1-b_1}2\right)$ and $x_2=(a_2,b_2,c_2,d_2)+y_2=\left(\frac{a_2-c_2}2,\frac{b_2-d_2}2,\frac{c_2-a_2}2,\frac{d_2-b_2}2\right)$, then $x_1,x_2∈Y^⟂$, and $(a_1,b_1,c_1,d_1)+ty_1,t∈[0,1]$ is a path in $X$ from $(a_1,b_1,c_1,d_1)$ to $x_1$, $(a_2,b_2,c_2,d_2)+ty_2,t∈[0,1]$ is a path in $X$ from $(a_2,b_2,c_2,d_2)$ to $x_2$. Finally, since $Y∩Y^⟂=\{0\}$ and $Y^⟂≅ℝ^2$ and $ℝ^2∖\{0\}$ is connected, there is a path connecting $x_1,x_2$ in $Y^⟂∖\{0\}⊂X$. |