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- Let satisfy . Then the interval from the interval definition is compact in , where is regarded as a topological space through the topology determined by the Euclidean distance.
- Let . For each index , let satisfy . The subset is called the closed box in determined by the…
Euclidean Openness Agrees with Metric Openness on
theoremthm:euclidean-open-iff-metric-open-rn-2026aTopologyMultivariable CalculusLet , let , and let be the Euclidean distance on . Then is open in the Euclidean sense if and only if is open in the metric space .with the Euclidean Distance Is a Complete Metric Space with Coordinatewise Convergence
theoremthm:euclidean-distance-is-metric-rn-2026bTopologyMultivariable CalculusThe Euclidean distance is a complete metric on R^n; convergence and the Cauchy property are coordinatewise, coordinates and the norm are 1-Lipschitz, and sums, scalar multiples and dot products of convergent sequences converge.- The Euclidean distance between two points of R^n is the Euclidean norm of their difference.
The Open Subsets of a Metric Space Form a Topology
theoremthm:metric-open-sets-form-topology-2026bTopologyThe open subsets of a metric space form a topology on the underlying set.- A subset of a metric space is bounded if the distances between its points are bounded above by a single real number.
- A subset of a metric space is open if it contains an open ball of positive radius about each of its points.
- Defines the open ball of positive radius about a point of a metric space as the set of points at distance less than the radius.
- Defines a metric on a set by nonnegativity, vanishing exactly on the diagonal, symmetry and the triangle inequality, and a metric space as a set with a metric.
Existence and Uniqueness of the Nonnegative Square Root
theoremthm:nonnegative-real-has-unique-square-root-2026aAnalysisLet satisfy . Then there exists a unique real number such that and .Compact Subset Criterion via Open Covers in the Ambient Space
theoremthm:compact-subset-open-cover-criterion-2026aTopologyLet be a topological space, and let . Then the following are equivalent. 1. The subset is compact in . 2. For every open cover of in , there exist a natural number and elements s…Open Cover and Subcover of a Subset of a Topological Space
definitiondef:open-cover-subcover-topological-space-2026aTopologyLet be a topological space, let , let be a set, and let be a family of subsets of . We say that is an open cover of in if the following two conditions hold. 1. For every , one has…Family and Subfamily of Subsets of a Set
definitiondef:family-subfamily-subsets-set-2026aTopologySet TheoryLet be a set, let be a set, and suppose that for each element a subset is specified. The collection is called a family of subsets of indexed by . If , then the collection is called the subfa…Complement of a Subset Relative to a Set
definitiondef:complement-subset-relative-set-2026aTopologySet TheoryLet be a set, and let . The complement of relative to is the subset of defined by- The product of two compact topological spaces, with the product topology, is compact.
Continuous Image of a Compact Space is Compact
theoremthm:continuous-image-compact-is-compact-2026aTopologyLet and be topological spaces, and let be a continuous map. If is compact, then the image is compact in .Closed Subset of a Compact Space is Compact
theoremthm:closed-subset-compact-is-compact-2026aTopologyLet be a topological space that is compact, and let be closed. Then is compact in , in the sense of the definition of compact subset.- The product topology on the product of two topological spaces consists of the subsets W such that every point of W lies in a product of open sets contained in W.
- The subspace topology on a subset A of a topological space consists of the intersections of A with open sets; a subset of A is open in it exactly when it is such an intersection.