Definition 1.10 (Balls): Let (X,d) be a metric space, let x0 ∈ X, and let r > 0.
The (open) ball in X centered at x0 with radius r is the set
B_{(X,d)}(x0,r) = {x ∈ X : d(x,x0) < r}.
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- openBall X x0 r = Metric.ball x0 r
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Definition 1.11 (Interior/exterior/boundary points): Let (X,d) be a metric space and E ⊆ X.
(1) x ∈ X is an interior point of E iff there exists r > 0 with B(x,r) ⊆ E.
(2) x ∈ X is an exterior point of E iff there exists r > 0 with B(x,r) ⊆ Eᶜ.
(3) x ∈ X is a boundary point of E iff for every r > 0, both B(x,r) ∩ E ≠ ∅
and B(x,r) ∩ Eᶜ ≠ ∅.
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- IsInteriorPoint E x = ∃ (r : ℝ), 0 < r ∧ Metric.ball x r ⊆ E
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A point is an exterior point of E if some positive ball around it is contained in Eᶜ.
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- IsExteriorPoint E x = ∃ (r : ℝ), 0 < r ∧ Metric.ball x r ⊆ Eᶜ
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A point is a boundary point of E if every positive ball meets both E and Eᶜ.
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- IsBoundaryPoint E x = ∀ (r : ℝ), 0 < r → (Metric.ball x r ∩ E).Nonempty ∧ (Metric.ball x r ∩ Eᶜ).Nonempty
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Interior points defined via balls coincide with membership in interior.
Exterior points defined via balls coincide with membership in interior of the complement.
Characterize closure via nonempty intersections of all positive balls.
Boundary points are exactly those in the closures of the set and its complement.
Boundary points defined via balls coincide with membership in frontier.
Definition 1.12 (Interior, exterior, boundary): Let (X,d) be a metric space and E ⊆ X.
(1) x ∈ X is an interior point of E iff there exists r > 0 with B(x,r) ⊆ E.
(2) x ∈ X is an exterior point of E iff there exists r > 0 with B(x,r) ∩ E = ∅.
(3) x ∈ X is a boundary point of E iff it is neither interior nor exterior.
The interior (resp. exterior, boundary) of E is the set of all interior (resp. exterior, boundary) points.
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- interiorSet E = {x : X | IsInteriorPoint E x}
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The exterior set of E as the set of exterior points.
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- exteriorSet E = {x : X | IsExteriorPoint E x}
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The boundary set of E as the set of points that are neither interior nor exterior.
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- boundarySet E = {x : X | ¬IsInteriorPoint E x ∧ ¬IsExteriorPoint E x}
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The book's interior set agrees with interior.
The book's exterior set agrees with interior (Eᶜ).
The book's boundary set agrees with frontier.
Proposition 1.11: Let (X,d) be a metric space and E ⊆ X. Define
int(E) = {x ∈ X : ∃ r > 0, B(x,r) ⊆ E}, ext(E) = int(X \ E), and
∂E = X \ (int(E) ∪ ext(E)), where B(x,r) = {y ∈ X : d(x,y) < r}. Then:
(1) If x0 ∈ int(E), then x0 ∈ E.
(2) If x0 ∈ ext(E), then x0 ∉ E.
(3) int(E) ∩ ext(E) = ∅.
(4) If x0 ∈ ∂E, then it is possible that x0 ∈ E and it is possible that x0 ∉ E.
If a point lies in the interior set, then it lies in the set.
If a point lies in the exterior set, then it is not in the set.
The interior and exterior sets are disjoint.
A boundary point may or may not lie in the set.
Helper for Proposition 1.13: a singleton contains a positive-radius ball.
Helper for Proposition 1.13: points of E are interior points in the discrete topology.
Helper for Proposition 1.13: points of Eᶜ are exterior points in the discrete topology.
Helper for Proposition 1.13: the boundary set is empty in the discrete topology.
Proposition 1.13: Let X be a set equipped with the discrete metric d_disc with
d_disc(x,y)=0 if x=y and d_disc(x,y)=1 if x≠y. For every E ⊆ X,
int(E)=E, ext(E)=X \ E, and ∂E=∅.
Definition 1.13 (Closure): Let (X,d) be a metric space and E ⊆ X.
A point x ∈ X is an adherent point of E iff for every r > 0,
B(x,r) ∩ E ≠ ∅, where B(x,r) = {y ∈ X : d(x,y) < r}.
The closure \overline{E} is the set of all adherent points:
\overline{E} = {x ∈ X : ∀ r > 0, B(x,r) ∩ E ≠ ∅}.
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A point is adherent to E if every positive ball around it meets E.
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- IsAdherentPoint E x = ∀ (r : ℝ), 0 < r → (Metric.ball x r ∩ E).Nonempty
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Adherent points coincide with membership in closure.
The closure of E as the set of adherent points.
The book's closure set agrees with closure.
Helper for Proposition 1.14: adherent points coincide with closure membership.
Helper for Proposition 1.14: adherent points are interior or boundary points.
Helper for Proposition 1.14: adherent points admit convergent sequences from the set.
Proposition 1.14: Let (X,d) be a metric space, E ⊆ X, and x0 ∈ X.
The following are equivalent: (a) x0 is adherent to E, i.e., every r > 0
has B(x0,r) ∩ E ≠ ∅; (b) x0 is either an interior point of E or a boundary
point of E; (c) there exists a sequence (x_n) in E with x_n → x0.
Helper for Theorem 1.3: the closure set is the complement of the exterior set.
Helper for Theorem 1.3: interior union boundary equals the complement of the exterior set.
Theorem 1.3: Let (X,d) be a metric space and E ⊆ X. Define
int(E) = {x ∈ X : ∃ r > 0, B(x,r) ⊆ E}, ext(E) = int(X \ E),
∂E = X \ (int(E) ∪ ext(E)), and
\overline{E} = {x ∈ X : ∀ r > 0, B(x,r) ∩ E ≠ ∅}.
Then \overline{E} = int(E) ∪ ∂E = X \ ext(E).
The closure equals the union of the interior and boundary, and equals the complement of the exterior.
Definition 1.14 (Open and closed sets): Let (X,d) be a metric space and E ⊆ X.
The set E is called closed if ∂E ⊆ E. The set E is called open if ∂E ∩ E = ∅.
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- IsClosedSet E = (frontier E ⊆ E)
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The book's closed-set predicate is equivalent to IsClosed.
The book's open-set predicate is equivalent to IsOpen.
Proposition 1.16: Let (X, d_disc) be a set equipped with the discrete metric
d_disc(x,y)=0 if x=y and d_disc(x,y)=1 if x≠y. Then every subset E ⊆ X is
open and closed in the metric topology induced by d_disc.
Helper for Proposition 1.17: closed sets via adherent points and sequential limits.
Helper for Proposition 1.17: parts (c)-(g) on balls, complements, and unions/intersections.
Helper for Proposition 1.17: interior is maximal open, closure is minimal closed.
Proposition 1.17 (Basic properties of open and closed sets): Let (X,d) be a metric space.
(a) For E ⊆ X, E is open iff E = int(E); equivalently, E is open iff for every x ∈ E
there exists r > 0 such that B(x,r) ⊆ E.
(b) For E ⊆ X, E is closed iff it contains all its adherent points; equivalently, E is closed
iff every convergent sequence in E has its limit in E.
(c) For x0 ∈ X and r > 0, B(x0,r) is open and {x ∈ X : d(x,x0) ≤ r} is closed.
(d) For x0 ∈ X, the singleton {x0} is closed.
(e) For E ⊆ X, E is open iff X \ E is closed.
(f) Finite intersections of open sets are open; finite unions of closed sets are closed.
(g) Arbitrary unions of open sets are open; arbitrary intersections of closed sets are closed.
(h) For E ⊆ X, int(E) is the largest open set contained in E, and \overline{E} is the
smallest closed set containing E.
Basic properties of open and closed sets in a metric space (Proposition 1.17).
Helper for Proposition 1.35: Ico (1,2) is not open in ℝ.
Helper for Proposition 1.35: Ico (1,2) is not closed in ℝ.
Helper for Proposition 1.35: the lifted Ico (1,2) is not open.
Helper for Proposition 1.35: the lifted Ico (1,2) is not closed.
Proposition 1.35 (Open and closed are not complementary notions): Let (X,d) be a metric space.
(1) There exist subsets of X that are both open and closed (e.g., X itself and ∅).
(2) There may exist subsets of X that are neither open nor closed.
(3) A subset E ⊆ X is open iff its complement X \ E is closed.
In particular, knowing that a set is not open does not imply that it is closed, and vice versa.