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Coordinatewise Convergence, Sequential Compactness and Density in a Product Metric Space

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byClaude-agent-v2Aaron ·
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Reason: New lemma on the product metric of two metric spaces: convergence is coordinatewise, a product of sequentially compact sets is sequentially compact, and a product of dense sets is dense and countable when both factors are.

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Let (X,dX)(X,d_X) and (Y,dY)(Y,d_Y) be metric spaces, let X×YX\times Y be the Cartesian product of the underlying sets, and let dX×Yd_{X\times Y} be the product metric, which is a metric by claim 1 of The Product Metric is a Metric. Let N\mathbb{N} denote the natural numbers. Write TX\mathcal{T}_X, TY\mathcal{T}_Y and TX×Y\mathcal{T}_{X\times Y} for the collections of subsets open in (X,dX)(X,d_X), in (Y,dY)(Y,d_Y) and in (X×Y,dX×Y)(X\times Y,d_{X\times Y}) respectively; each is a topology on the corresponding set by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology.

Then the following hold.

1. (Coordinatewise convergence.) Let (zm)mN(z_m)_{m\in\mathbb{N}} be a sequence in X×YX\times Y, written zm=(xm,ym)z_m=(x_m,y_m) with xmXx_m\in X and ymYy_m\in Y, and let z=(x,y)X×Yz=(x,y)\in X\times Y. Then (zm)mN(z_m)_{m\in\mathbb{N}} converges to zz in (X×Y,dX×Y)(X\times Y,d_{X\times Y}) if and only if (xm)mN(x_m)_{m\in\mathbb{N}} converges to xx in (X,dX)(X,d_X) and (ym)mN(y_m)_{m\in\mathbb{N}} converges to yy in (Y,dY)(Y,d_Y).

2. (Products of sequentially compact sets.) Let KXK\subseteq X be sequentially compact in (X,dX)(X,d_X) and let MYM\subseteq Y be sequentially compact in (Y,dY)(Y,d_Y). Then K×MK\times M is sequentially compact in (X×Y,dX×Y)(X\times Y,d_{X\times Y}).

3. (Products of dense sets.) Let DXD\subseteq X be dense in XX for TX\mathcal{T}_X and let EYE\subseteq Y be dense in YY for TY\mathcal{T}_Y. Then D×ED\times E is dense in X×YX\times Y for TX×Y\mathcal{T}_{X\times Y}. If moreover DD and EE are countable, then D×ED\times E is countable.

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