The four metric axioms, being a metric and forming a metric space are each expressed by a predicative formula at any variable positions, and the metrics on a set form a class.
In the setting of Routine Facts, Continued: Typed Arithmetic, Maps and Predicativity, let be a metatheoretic number, let be distinct set variables, and let , not necessarily distinct. A condition on is predicative if it is expressed by a predicative formula, with in place of the variables of Conditions Expressed by a Predicative Formula, and Guards (i) and no displayed variables; , , and are parameters. Below, and , and is the standing hypothesis of Metric Space: " is a map from the Cartesian product to ".
Nonnegativity. The condition ", and for all " on , from Metric Space (ii), is predicative.
Vanishing exactly on the diagonal. The condition ", and, for all , if and only if " on , from Metric Space (iii), is predicative.
Symmetry. The condition ", and for all " on , from Metric Space (iv), is predicative.
Triangle inequality. The condition ", and for all " on , from Metric Space (v), is predicative.
Metrics. The condition ", and is a metric on " on is predicative.
Metric spaces. The condition ", and is a metric space" on is predicative.
The class of metrics. For every set there is a class such that, for every class , if and only if is a map from to that is a metric on .
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