Show that if two metrics induce the same topology, one metric space is compact iff the other one is.
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Question: Given two metric spaces $(X, d)$ and $(X,e)$, where $tau(X,d)$ = $tau(X,e)$, show that $(X,e)$ is compact if and only if $(X,d)$ is compact.
I'm aiming to prove this using the definition of compactness whereby a metric space is compact exactly when each sequence contains a convergent subsequence. I can't see how the existence of a convergent subsequence (of a sequence) in $(X,d)$ could guarantee one in $(X,e)$. Any idea what comes next?
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Question: Given two metric spaces $(X, d)$ and $(X,e)$, where $tau(X,d)$ = $tau(X,e)$, show that $(X,e)$ is compact if and only if $(X,d)$ is compact.
I'm aiming to prove this using the definition of compactness whereby a metric space is compact exactly when each sequence contains a convergent subsequence. I can't see how the existence of a convergent subsequence (of a sequence) in $(X,d)$ could guarantee one in $(X,e)$. Any idea what comes next?
general-topology metric-spaces compactness cauchy-sequences
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Question: Given two metric spaces $(X, d)$ and $(X,e)$, where $tau(X,d)$ = $tau(X,e)$, show that $(X,e)$ is compact if and only if $(X,d)$ is compact.
I'm aiming to prove this using the definition of compactness whereby a metric space is compact exactly when each sequence contains a convergent subsequence. I can't see how the existence of a convergent subsequence (of a sequence) in $(X,d)$ could guarantee one in $(X,e)$. Any idea what comes next?
general-topology metric-spaces compactness cauchy-sequences
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Question: Given two metric spaces $(X, d)$ and $(X,e)$, where $tau(X,d)$ = $tau(X,e)$, show that $(X,e)$ is compact if and only if $(X,d)$ is compact.
I'm aiming to prove this using the definition of compactness whereby a metric space is compact exactly when each sequence contains a convergent subsequence. I can't see how the existence of a convergent subsequence (of a sequence) in $(X,d)$ could guarantee one in $(X,e)$. Any idea what comes next?
general-topology metric-spaces compactness cauchy-sequences
general-topology metric-spaces compactness cauchy-sequences
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If two metrics $d$ and $e$ induce the same topology, then a sequence $(x_n)_{ninmathbb N}$ converges to $x$ in $(X,d)$ if and only if it converges to $x$ in $(X,e)$. Therefore, a sequence has a convergent subsequence in $(X,d)$ if and only if it has a convergent subsequence in $(X,e)$.
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I'm not sure I understand what you're saying I'm wrong about - isn't that the exact definition I just gave? Can you explain why it has to be the case that if two metrics induce the same topology then a sequence $x_n$ only converges to $x$ in $(X,d)$ if and only if it converges to $x$ in $(X,e)$.
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– H H
Dec 16 '18 at 15:54
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I've edited my answer. I hope that everything is clear now.
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– José Carlos Santos
Dec 16 '18 at 15:54
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Or you can just observe that the open cover definition of compactness implies that it is a purely topological property
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– Matematleta
Dec 16 '18 at 16:04
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Of course, but the OP is interested in the caracterization of compacity through sequences.
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– José Carlos Santos
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$x_n to x$ in a topological space iff for all open subsets $O$ that contain $x$, $O$ contains all but finitely many $x_n$.
So convergence only depends on the topology not on the metric, and so if $d$ and $e$ are equivalent metrics, they have the same open sets and thus the same sequences converge to the same points in either metric. So if $(X,d)$ is sequentially compact, so is $(X,e)$ and vice versa. That's really all there is to it.
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A sequence $(x_n)_{n=1}^{infty}$ is eventual in $B_d(x,delta)$ in $(X,d)$ iff the sequence $(x_n)_{n=1}^{infty}$ is eventual in $B_e(x,delta)$ in $(X,e)$ as the two metrics $d$ & $e$ generate the same topology. That is $(x_n)_{n=1}^{infty}$ is convergent in $(X,d)$ iff it is convergent in $(X,e)$. Hence if one of $(X,d)$ & $(X,e)$ is compact, then the other is also so.
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If two metrics $d$ and $e$ induce the same topology, then a sequence $(x_n)_{ninmathbb N}$ converges to $x$ in $(X,d)$ if and only if it converges to $x$ in $(X,e)$. Therefore, a sequence has a convergent subsequence in $(X,d)$ if and only if it has a convergent subsequence in $(X,e)$.
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I'm not sure I understand what you're saying I'm wrong about - isn't that the exact definition I just gave? Can you explain why it has to be the case that if two metrics induce the same topology then a sequence $x_n$ only converges to $x$ in $(X,d)$ if and only if it converges to $x$ in $(X,e)$.
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– H H
Dec 16 '18 at 15:54
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I've edited my answer. I hope that everything is clear now.
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– José Carlos Santos
Dec 16 '18 at 15:54
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Or you can just observe that the open cover definition of compactness implies that it is a purely topological property
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– Matematleta
Dec 16 '18 at 16:04
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Of course, but the OP is interested in the caracterization of compacity through sequences.
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– José Carlos Santos
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If two metrics $d$ and $e$ induce the same topology, then a sequence $(x_n)_{ninmathbb N}$ converges to $x$ in $(X,d)$ if and only if it converges to $x$ in $(X,e)$. Therefore, a sequence has a convergent subsequence in $(X,d)$ if and only if it has a convergent subsequence in $(X,e)$.
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I'm not sure I understand what you're saying I'm wrong about - isn't that the exact definition I just gave? Can you explain why it has to be the case that if two metrics induce the same topology then a sequence $x_n$ only converges to $x$ in $(X,d)$ if and only if it converges to $x$ in $(X,e)$.
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– H H
Dec 16 '18 at 15:54
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I've edited my answer. I hope that everything is clear now.
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– José Carlos Santos
Dec 16 '18 at 15:54
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Or you can just observe that the open cover definition of compactness implies that it is a purely topological property
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– Matematleta
Dec 16 '18 at 16:04
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Of course, but the OP is interested in the caracterization of compacity through sequences.
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– José Carlos Santos
Dec 16 '18 at 16:05
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If two metrics $d$ and $e$ induce the same topology, then a sequence $(x_n)_{ninmathbb N}$ converges to $x$ in $(X,d)$ if and only if it converges to $x$ in $(X,e)$. Therefore, a sequence has a convergent subsequence in $(X,d)$ if and only if it has a convergent subsequence in $(X,e)$.
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If two metrics $d$ and $e$ induce the same topology, then a sequence $(x_n)_{ninmathbb N}$ converges to $x$ in $(X,d)$ if and only if it converges to $x$ in $(X,e)$. Therefore, a sequence has a convergent subsequence in $(X,d)$ if and only if it has a convergent subsequence in $(X,e)$.
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I'm not sure I understand what you're saying I'm wrong about - isn't that the exact definition I just gave? Can you explain why it has to be the case that if two metrics induce the same topology then a sequence $x_n$ only converges to $x$ in $(X,d)$ if and only if it converges to $x$ in $(X,e)$.
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– H H
Dec 16 '18 at 15:54
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I've edited my answer. I hope that everything is clear now.
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– José Carlos Santos
Dec 16 '18 at 15:54
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Or you can just observe that the open cover definition of compactness implies that it is a purely topological property
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– Matematleta
Dec 16 '18 at 16:04
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Of course, but the OP is interested in the caracterization of compacity through sequences.
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– José Carlos Santos
Dec 16 '18 at 16:05
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I'm not sure I understand what you're saying I'm wrong about - isn't that the exact definition I just gave? Can you explain why it has to be the case that if two metrics induce the same topology then a sequence $x_n$ only converges to $x$ in $(X,d)$ if and only if it converges to $x$ in $(X,e)$.
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– H H
Dec 16 '18 at 15:54
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I've edited my answer. I hope that everything is clear now.
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– José Carlos Santos
Dec 16 '18 at 15:54
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Or you can just observe that the open cover definition of compactness implies that it is a purely topological property
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– Matematleta
Dec 16 '18 at 16:04
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Of course, but the OP is interested in the caracterization of compacity through sequences.
$endgroup$
– José Carlos Santos
Dec 16 '18 at 16:05
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I'm not sure I understand what you're saying I'm wrong about - isn't that the exact definition I just gave? Can you explain why it has to be the case that if two metrics induce the same topology then a sequence $x_n$ only converges to $x$ in $(X,d)$ if and only if it converges to $x$ in $(X,e)$.
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– H H
Dec 16 '18 at 15:54
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I'm not sure I understand what you're saying I'm wrong about - isn't that the exact definition I just gave? Can you explain why it has to be the case that if two metrics induce the same topology then a sequence $x_n$ only converges to $x$ in $(X,d)$ if and only if it converges to $x$ in $(X,e)$.
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– H H
Dec 16 '18 at 15:54
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I've edited my answer. I hope that everything is clear now.
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– José Carlos Santos
Dec 16 '18 at 15:54
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I've edited my answer. I hope that everything is clear now.
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– José Carlos Santos
Dec 16 '18 at 15:54
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Or you can just observe that the open cover definition of compactness implies that it is a purely topological property
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– Matematleta
Dec 16 '18 at 16:04
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Or you can just observe that the open cover definition of compactness implies that it is a purely topological property
$endgroup$
– Matematleta
Dec 16 '18 at 16:04
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Of course, but the OP is interested in the caracterization of compacity through sequences.
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– José Carlos Santos
Dec 16 '18 at 16:05
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Of course, but the OP is interested in the caracterization of compacity through sequences.
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– José Carlos Santos
Dec 16 '18 at 16:05
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$x_n to x$ in a topological space iff for all open subsets $O$ that contain $x$, $O$ contains all but finitely many $x_n$.
So convergence only depends on the topology not on the metric, and so if $d$ and $e$ are equivalent metrics, they have the same open sets and thus the same sequences converge to the same points in either metric. So if $(X,d)$ is sequentially compact, so is $(X,e)$ and vice versa. That's really all there is to it.
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$x_n to x$ in a topological space iff for all open subsets $O$ that contain $x$, $O$ contains all but finitely many $x_n$.
So convergence only depends on the topology not on the metric, and so if $d$ and $e$ are equivalent metrics, they have the same open sets and thus the same sequences converge to the same points in either metric. So if $(X,d)$ is sequentially compact, so is $(X,e)$ and vice versa. That's really all there is to it.
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$x_n to x$ in a topological space iff for all open subsets $O$ that contain $x$, $O$ contains all but finitely many $x_n$.
So convergence only depends on the topology not on the metric, and so if $d$ and $e$ are equivalent metrics, they have the same open sets and thus the same sequences converge to the same points in either metric. So if $(X,d)$ is sequentially compact, so is $(X,e)$ and vice versa. That's really all there is to it.
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$x_n to x$ in a topological space iff for all open subsets $O$ that contain $x$, $O$ contains all but finitely many $x_n$.
So convergence only depends on the topology not on the metric, and so if $d$ and $e$ are equivalent metrics, they have the same open sets and thus the same sequences converge to the same points in either metric. So if $(X,d)$ is sequentially compact, so is $(X,e)$ and vice versa. That's really all there is to it.
answered Dec 17 '18 at 11:00
Henno BrandsmaHenno Brandsma
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A sequence $(x_n)_{n=1}^{infty}$ is eventual in $B_d(x,delta)$ in $(X,d)$ iff the sequence $(x_n)_{n=1}^{infty}$ is eventual in $B_e(x,delta)$ in $(X,e)$ as the two metrics $d$ & $e$ generate the same topology. That is $(x_n)_{n=1}^{infty}$ is convergent in $(X,d)$ iff it is convergent in $(X,e)$. Hence if one of $(X,d)$ & $(X,e)$ is compact, then the other is also so.
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A sequence $(x_n)_{n=1}^{infty}$ is eventual in $B_d(x,delta)$ in $(X,d)$ iff the sequence $(x_n)_{n=1}^{infty}$ is eventual in $B_e(x,delta)$ in $(X,e)$ as the two metrics $d$ & $e$ generate the same topology. That is $(x_n)_{n=1}^{infty}$ is convergent in $(X,d)$ iff it is convergent in $(X,e)$. Hence if one of $(X,d)$ & $(X,e)$ is compact, then the other is also so.
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A sequence $(x_n)_{n=1}^{infty}$ is eventual in $B_d(x,delta)$ in $(X,d)$ iff the sequence $(x_n)_{n=1}^{infty}$ is eventual in $B_e(x,delta)$ in $(X,e)$ as the two metrics $d$ & $e$ generate the same topology. That is $(x_n)_{n=1}^{infty}$ is convergent in $(X,d)$ iff it is convergent in $(X,e)$. Hence if one of $(X,d)$ & $(X,e)$ is compact, then the other is also so.
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A sequence $(x_n)_{n=1}^{infty}$ is eventual in $B_d(x,delta)$ in $(X,d)$ iff the sequence $(x_n)_{n=1}^{infty}$ is eventual in $B_e(x,delta)$ in $(X,e)$ as the two metrics $d$ & $e$ generate the same topology. That is $(x_n)_{n=1}^{infty}$ is convergent in $(X,d)$ iff it is convergent in $(X,e)$. Hence if one of $(X,d)$ & $(X,e)$ is compact, then the other is also so.
answered Dec 17 '18 at 11:41
Arjun BanerjeeArjun Banerjee
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