Lebl-Basic-Analysis-I · Problem 7.2.17

Metric Spaces

Mathematics · open-and-closed-sets

Problem

Let (X,d)(X, d) be a metric space. a) Prove that for every x∈Xx \in X, there either exists a δ>0\delta > 0 such that B(x,δ)={x}B(x, \delta) = \{x\}, or B(x,δ)B(x, \delta) is infinite for every δ>0\delta > 0. b) Find an explicit example of (X,d)(X, d), XX infinite, where for every δ>0\delta > 0 and every x∈Xx \in X, the ball B(x,δ)B(x, \delta) is finite. c) Find an explicit example of (X,d)(X, d) where for every δ>0\delta > 0 and every x∈Xx \in X, the ball B(x,δ)B(x, \delta) is countably infinite. d) Prove that if XX is uncountable, then there exists an x∈Xx \in X and a δ>0\delta > 0 such that B(x,δ)B(x, \delta) is uncountable.

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