What Is the Sup Metric in C[0,1]?

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The Sup metric in C[0,1] quantifies the distance between two continuous functions defined on the closed interval from 0 to 1. This distance is calculated as the supremum of the absolute difference |f(x) - g(x)| for all x in the interval [0, 1]. Essentially, it measures the maximum vertical distance between the graphs of the two functions across the specified domain.

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C[0,1] means continuous functions defined for the closed interval 0 to 1. Sup metric means the distance between two functions f and g is defined as the sup |f(x)-g(x)| over that interval.
 
it means the distance between two functions is the furthest apart their graphs ever get, over any point of the domain.
 

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