Let m,n∈N be natural numbers and let R be the ordered field of real numbers. For p∈N regard Euclidean space Rp as a real vector space by Euclidean Space Rn is a Real Vector Space, with the sum z+z′, the scalar multiple λz, and the difference z−z′ and dot product z⋅z′; write ∥⋅∥ for the Euclidean norm, ∥z∥2 for ∥z∥⋅∥z∥, and dE for the Euclidean distance, a metric by Euclidean Distance is a Metric on Rn. Let [p] be the initial segment determined by p. Equip Rm×Rn with the product metric d× obtained from the Euclidean distances on the two factors, a metric by claim 1 of The Product Metric is a Metric.
Every k∈[m+n] satisfies exactly one of k∈[m] and k=m+j for a unique j∈[n]: this is claim 7 of Properties of the Order on the Natural Numbers together with trichotomy, claim 3 there, and, for j∈[n], claims 5 and 4 of Arithmetic of Addition on the Natural Numbers. Accordingly, define the concatenation map
ι:Rm×Rn→Rm+n
by letting ι(ξ,η), for ξ=(ξ1,…,ξm) and η=(η1,…,ηn), be the point w∈Rm+n with
wk=ξk (k∈[m]),wm+j=ηj (j∈[n]).
Then the following hold.
1. (Bijection) ι is a bijection, with inverse the map sending w∈Rm+n to the pair whose first entry has kth coordinate wk for k∈[m] and whose second entry has jth coordinate wm+j for j∈[n].
2. (Linearity) For all ξ,ξ′∈Rm, η,η′∈Rn and λ∈R,
ι(ξ+ξ′,η+η′)=ι(ξ,η)+ι(ξ′,η′),ι(λξ,λη)=λι(ξ,η),ι(ξ−ξ′,η−η′)=ι(ξ,η)−ι(ξ′,η′).
3. (Dot products and norms) For all ξ,ξ′∈Rm and η,η′∈Rn,
ι(ξ,η)⋅ι(ξ′,η′)=ξ⋅ξ′+η⋅η′,∥ι(ξ,η)∥2=∥ξ∥2+∥η∥2.
4. (Metrics) For all z=(ξ,η) and z′=(ξ′,η′) in Rm×Rn,
dE(ι(z),ι(z′))2=dE(ξ,ξ′)2+dE(η,η′)2,
and
d×(z,z′)≤dE(ι(z),ι(z′))≤d×(z,z′)+d×(z,z′).