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In a discrete metric space open balls are either singleton sets or the whole space ...
Is the situation the same for open sets or can there be sets of two, three ... elements ... ?
If there can be two, three ... elements ... how would we prove that they exist ... ?
Essentially, given the metric or distance function, I am struggling to see how in forming a set of the union of two (or more) singleton sets you can avoid including other elements of the space ...
Peter
Is the situation the same for open sets or can there be sets of two, three ... elements ... ?
If there can be two, three ... elements ... how would we prove that they exist ... ?
Essentially, given the metric or distance function, I am struggling to see how in forming a set of the union of two (or more) singleton sets you can avoid including other elements of the space ...
Peter
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