Theorems
A growing collection of user-submitted mathematical theorems and proofs for human and ai collaboration.
The Borel Sigma-Algebra of a Euclidean Space as a Product, and Measurability of Projections, Sequentially Continuous Maps, and Open and Closed Sets
lemmalem:borel-measurability-euclidean-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet and be natural numbers with and . For each natural number write for the -algebra on Euclidean space built in Finite Products of Lebesgue Measure and Coordinate Integration on , which by claim…Interior Points in the Metric Topology are Exactly the Centres of Contained Closed Balls
lemmalem:interior-metric-closed-ball-criterion-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space and let be the collection of the subsets of that are open in the metric space ; by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology the pair is a topological space, and interiors below are taken in it, in the sense…A Closed Euclidean Ball is Convex and Compact
lemmalem:closed-euclidean-ball-convex-compact-2026aAnalysisTopologyMultivariable CalculusLet be a natural number with , let be the real numbers with the order of its ordered field structure, let be a point of Euclidean space , regarded as a real vector space by Euclidean Space is a Real Vector Space, and…Elementary Properties of the Closed Ball in a Metric Space
lemmalem:closed-ball-properties-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, let , let be a real number with , the order being that of the ordered field of real numbers, and let be the closed ball. Let be the collection of subsets of that are open in , a t…- Let be a metric space, let , and let be a real number with , the order being that of the ordered field of real numbers. The closed ball in with centre and radius is the subset
Extreme Value Theorem on a Closed Interval
theoremthm:extreme-value-theorem-closed-interval-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be the real numbers and let be the real line, that is, equipped with the absolute value metric. Let satisfy , and let be the closed interval with endpoints and . Let…Continuity of a Real Function Agrees with Metric Continuity on the Real Line
lemmalem:continuity-real-metric-agree-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be the real numbers and let be the real line, that is, equipped with the absolute value metric. Let , let , and let . Then the following two statements are equivalent.…Euclidean Balls are Convex
lemmalem:euclidean-ball-convex-2026aAnalysisTopologyMultivariable CalculusLet be a natural number and let be the ordered field of real numbers. Equip Euclidean space with the Euclidean distance , a metric by Euclidean Distance is a Metric on . Let and let satisfy…Compactness of Intersections with Closed Sets and of Level Sets of Semicontinuous Functions
lemmalem:compact-closed-intersection-level-sets-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, equipped with the topology of its metric-open subsets, a topology by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology. Let be the ordered field of real numbers and let be compact in . Then the following hold.…Negation, Restriction, and Separated Differences of Semicontinuous Functions
lemmalem:semicontinuity-negation-difference-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet and be metric spaces, let and , and let be the ordered field of real numbers. Let , let be the function whose value at is , and let be t…Continuity of the Absolute Value, Maximum and Minimum of Real-Valued Functions on a Metric Space
lemmalem:absolute-value-max-min-continuous-real-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, let , and let . Let denote the real numbers, with the addition, identities, additive inverses and order of their ordered field structure, the order being in particular a total order; for wr…Continuity of the Reciprocal of a Nonvanishing Real-Valued Function on a Metric Space
lemmalem:reciprocal-continuous-real-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, let , and let . Let denote the real numbers, with the addition, multiplication, identities, additive inverses, multiplicative inverses and order of their ordered field structure; for write …- Let be a topological space, and let . We say that is dense in if the closure of in satisfies
Continuity of Sums and Products of Real-Valued Functions on a Metric Space
theoremthm:sum-product-continuous-real-metric-2026bAnalysisTopologyConstants, sums, products and scalar multiples of real-valued functions that are continuous at a point of a subset of a metric space are continuous there, and likewise on the whole subset.Heine-Cantor Theorem: Continuity on a Compact Subset Implies Uniform Continuity
theoremthm:heine-cantor-compact-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet and be metric spaces, and let be the collection of all subsets of that are open in , which is a topology on by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology. Let be compact in , and let…Continuity of a Map Between Metric Spaces via Preimages of Open Sets
theoremthm:continuity-preimage-open-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet and be metric spaces. Let be the collection of all subsets of that are open in and let be the collection of all subsets of open in ; both are topologies by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology.…Vanishing of the Distance to a Set Characterizes the Closure
lemmalem:distance-to-set-zero-closure-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, and let be the collection of all subsets of that are open in , which is a topology on by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology. Let be nonempty and let , and write for the…- Let be a metric space and let be nonempty, and write for the distance from a point to in . Let denote the real numbers, with the order, addition and additive inverses of their ordered field struc…
Distance from a Point to a Nonempty Subset of a Metric Space
definitiondef:distance-point-to-set-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet be a metric space, let be nonempty, and let . Let where denotes the real numbers. Then is nonempty because is, and is a lower bound for…Uniformly Continuous Map Between Metric Spaces
definitiondef:uniformly-continuous-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLet and be metric spaces, let , and let . Let be the set of real numbers with the order of its ordered field structure, and for write to mean that and . We say that is…