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Let (X,p) be a metric space with p metric on X, define for each subset A of X
[tex]p(x,A)=inf_{y\in A}p(x,y)[/tex]
prove that: f_A(x)=p(x,A) f:X->R is continuous.
basically, if U is open in R, we need to show that f^-1_A(U) is open in X, i.e that
{x in X|p(x,A) in U} is open in X, now because U is open in R, then there's an open interval or half open interval contained in U that it contains p(x,A), i.e p(x,A) is bounded, but from this to show that f^-1(U) is open I'm kind of in a stuck.
any hints?
thanks in advance.
[tex]p(x,A)=inf_{y\in A}p(x,y)[/tex]
prove that: f_A(x)=p(x,A) f:X->R is continuous.
basically, if U is open in R, we need to show that f^-1_A(U) is open in X, i.e that
{x in X|p(x,A) in U} is open in X, now because U is open in R, then there's an open interval or half open interval contained in U that it contains p(x,A), i.e p(x,A) is bounded, but from this to show that f^-1(U) is open I'm kind of in a stuck.
any hints?
thanks in advance.