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Characterization of the Closure in a Metric Space by Open Balls

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Let (X,d)(X,d) be a metric space, and let Td\mathcal{T}_d be the collection of all subsets of XX that are open in (X,d)(X,d), which is a topology on XX by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology. Let A⊆XA\subseteq X and let x∈Xx\in X.

Then the following are equivalent.

1. The point xx belongs to the closure cl⁡X(A)\operatorname{cl}_X(A) of AA in the topological space (X,Td)(X,\mathcal{T}_d).

2. For every real number ε>0\varepsilon>0, the open ball Bd(x,ε)B_d(x,\varepsilon) satisfies Bd(x,ε)∩A≠∅B_d(x,\varepsilon)\cap A\neq\varnothing.

3. For every real number ε>0\varepsilon>0 there exists a∈Aa\in A with d(x,a)<εd(x,a)<\varepsilon.

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