Lebl-Basic-Analysis-I · Problem 7.2.18

Metric Spaces

Mathematics · open-and-closed-sets

Problem

For every x∈Rnx \in \mathbb{R}^n and every δ>0\delta > 0 define the ``rectangle'' R(x,δ)≔(x1−δ,x1+δ)×(x2−δ,x2+δ)×⋯×(xn−δ,xn+δ)R(x, \delta) \colonequals (x_1 - \delta, x_1 + \delta) \times (x_2 - \delta, x_2 + \delta) \times \cdots \times (x_n - \delta, x_n + \delta). Show that these sets generate the same open sets as the balls in standard metric. That is, show that a set U⊂RnU \subset \mathbb{R}^n is open in the sense of the standard metric if and only if for every point x∈Ux \in U, there exists a δ>0\delta > 0 such that R(x,δ)⊂UR(x, \delta) \subset U.

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