Skip to content
Part CCSIR NET December 2024different-spokes-must-route-through-the-hub

Different spokes must route through the hub

Consider with the Euclidean metric d. Let , and for any integer . Let X = ⋃, where is the line segment joining and O. Define as follows: d_X(a, b) = d(a, b) when for some n, and d_X(a, b) = d(a, O) + d(b, O) otherwise. Let be the smallest topology such that the sets {} are open in for all a ∈ X and . Which of the following statements are true?

  1. A.d_X is a metric on X which induces the topology .
  2. B.The topological space is connected.
  3. C. converges to in the topological space .
  4. D.The topological space is compact.

You have the answer. Trap Analysis is why the other three were written.

Not a worked solution repeated four times — the specific reasoning error each wrong option was built to reward.

See pricing

50 are analysed free — try those first.

Related counterexample: An arbitrary intersection of open sets is open

More on this topic

The chapter behind this: Open and closed sets, closure, interior, boundary — free to read

From Metric SpacesOpen/closed sets, limit points, closure, interior

ShareWhatsAppTelegram