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Title: Metric space topologỵ : examples, exercises and solutions /
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, Contents
Preface vii
A Note on the Convention xi
About the Author xiii
1. Metric Spaces 1
1.1 Definitions and Examples .............................................................. 1
Exercise 1.1: Part A ..................................................... 10
Exercise 1.1: Part B ..................................................... 14
1.2 Topologỵ of Metric Spaces.......................................................... 36
Exercise 1.2: Part A ..................................................... 50
Exercise 1.2: Part B ..................................................... 64
1.3 Compactness ................................................................................ 85
Exercise 1.3: Part A ..................................................... 90
Exercise 1.3: Part B ..................................................... 94
1.4 Compactness in the Euclidean Space Rn ...................................................... 108
Exercise 1.4: Part A ................................................... 115
Exercise 1.4: Part B ................................................... 118
2. Limits and Continuitỵ 129
2.1 Convergence in a Metric Space..................................................129
Exercise 2.1: Part A ................................................... 134
Exercise 2.1: Part B ................................................... 138
2.2 Complete Metric Spaces.............................................................145
Exercise 2.2: Part A ................................................... 150
Exercise 2.2: Part B ................................................... 155
2.3 Continuitỵ and Homeomorphism ...............................................172
Exercise 2.3: Part A ................................................... 193
Exercise 2.3: Part B ................................................... 204
3. Connectedness 233
3.1 Connectedness.............................................................................233
Exercise 3.1: Part A ................................................... 245
Exercise 3.1: Part B ................................................... 249
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