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AxiomOfChoice
Feb6-11, 12:20 PM
Suppose you know k_0A, for some set A \subset X (where X is a metric space) and some constant k_0, has nonempty interior. Do you then know that A has nonempty interior, and/or that k A has nonempty interior for any constant k?
HallsofIvy
Feb7-11, 08:29 AM
I don't know what you mean by "k_0A". Multiplication isn't defined in a general metric space.
AxiomOfChoice
Feb7-11, 09:47 AM
I don't know what you mean by "k_0A". Multiplication isn't defined in a general metric space.
Point taken. Suppose we are in a vector space on which a metric has been defined.
I have strong feeling the following result holds in any topological vector space X:
Let A be subset of X, and k a non-zero scalar. Then k\cdot\text{int}A=\text{int}kA.
(Use that multiplication with k is a homeomorphism. Basically, this means the topology in a TVS is scale invariant. Haven't worked out the details.)
Assuming this is true, the answer to both your questions is then 'yes'.
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