Same open sets + same bounded sets => same Cauchy sequences?

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The discussion centers on the relationship between two metrics, ##d_1## and ##d_2##, defined on the same set ##X##, which share the same open and bounded sets. It concludes that having the same open sets and bounded sets does not guarantee that sequences are Cauchy with respect to both metrics. An example provided illustrates this: the sequence of reciprocals of integers between 0 and 1 is Cauchy under the metric ##d_2(x,y)=|x-y|## but not under ##d_1(x,y)=1## for ##x \neq y##.

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Let ##d_1## and ##d_2## be two metrics on the same set ##X##. Suppose that a set is open with respect to ##d_1## if and only if it is open with respect to ##d_2##, and a set is bounded with respect to ##d_1## it and only if it is bounded with respect to ##d_2##. (In technical language, ##d_1## and ##d_2## induce the same topology and the same bornology.) My question is, does this imply that a sequence is Cauchy with respect to ##d_1## if and only it is Cauchy with respect to ##d_2##?

If not, does anyone know of an example of two metrics which share the same open sets and the same bounded sets, but have different collections of Cauchy sequences?
 
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Set of all reciprocal of integers between 0 and 1. Let ##d_1## be defined as ##d_1(x,y)=1## if ##x\ne y##. Let ##d_2## be defined as ##d_2(x,y)=|x-y|## if ##x\ne y##. Then ##(\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{3},...)## will be a Cauchy sequence for ##d_2##, but not for ##d_1##..
 
Thanks, that makes sense.
 

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