Exercise. Prove that in a metric space (X, p), a set G C X is open if and only if it is a union of open balls in (X, p).

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ChapterP: Preliminary Concepts
SectionP.1: Sets And Geometry
Problem 11E: For the sets gives in Exercise 9, is there a distributive relationship for union with respect with...
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Exercise. Prove that in a metric space (X, p), a set G X is open if
and only if it is a union of open balls in (X, p).
Transcribed Image Text:Exercise. Prove that in a metric space (X, p), a set G X is open if and only if it is a union of open balls in (X, p).
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