Metric spaces: |
A metric on a set X determines
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![]() | R with the usual metric (Euclidean distance)
X coincides with its completion. | |
![]() | The metric of the open interval ]0,1[
The completion is compact, a 2-pont compactification. | |
![]() | The metric of S1-{*} | |
![]() | The metric of the subset {(x,sin(1/x)| x > 0}
The completion adds a whole interval. | |
![]() | The completion adds a circle and a point. |
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A further metric, with just two additional limit points:
one is minus infinite, the other is the limit of 2N. |
Note that all the examples can be modified in order to restrict to Q.
To deal with a countable set with a metric with values in Q, so that the completion is the space exhibited above. |