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		<title>Khanh at 22:57, 13 November 2021</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l43&quot; &gt;Line 43:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Examples===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Examples===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Why is this called a &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[w:Ball_(mathematics)|&lt;/del&gt;ball&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt;? Let's look at the case of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\R^3&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Why is this called a ball? Let's look at the case of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\R^3&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;d\bigl((x_1,x_2,x_3),(y_1,y_2,y_3)\bigr)=\sqrt{(x_1-y_1)^2+(x_2-y_2)^2+(x_3-y_3)^2}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;d\bigl((x_1,x_2,x_3),(y_1,y_2,y_3)\bigr)=\sqrt{(x_1-y_1)^2+(x_2-y_2)^2+(x_3-y_3)^2}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Therefore &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_r\bigl((0,0,0)\bigr)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is exactly &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;x_1^2+x_2^2+x_3^2&amp;lt;r^2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; – The ball with &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;(0,0,0)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; at center, of radius &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;r&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;. In &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\R^3&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; the ball is called ''open'', because it does not contain the sphere (&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;x_1^2+x_2^2+x_3^2=r^2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Therefore &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;B_r\bigl((0,0,0)\bigr)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is exactly &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;x_1^2+x_2^2+x_3^2&amp;lt;r^2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; – The ball with &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;(0,0,0)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; at center, of radius &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;r&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;. In &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\R^3&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; the ball is called ''open'', because it does not contain the sphere (&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;x_1^2+x_2^2+x_3^2=r^2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;'''Proposition:'''&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;'''Proposition:'''&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A function &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;f : X \rightarrow Y &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is continuous, by the definition above &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\Leftrightarrow&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; for every open set &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;U&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; in &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, The &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[w:Inverse image|&lt;/del&gt;inverse image&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/del&gt;of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;U&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;f^{-1}(U)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, is open in &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;. That is, the inverse image of every open set in &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is open in &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;BR/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A function &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;f : X \rightarrow Y &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is continuous, by the definition above &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\Leftrightarrow&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; for every open set &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;U&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; in &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, The inverse image of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;U&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;f^{-1}(U)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, is open in &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;. That is, the inverse image of every open set in &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is open in &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;BR/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Note that &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;f&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; does not have to be surjective or bijective for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;f^{-1}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; to be well defined. The notation  &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;f^{-1}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; simply means &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;f^{-1}(U) = \{x \in X: f(x) \in U\}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Note that &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;f&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; does not have to be surjective or bijective for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;f^{-1}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; to be well defined. The notation  &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;f^{-1}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; simply means &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;f^{-1}(U) = \{x \in X: f(x) \in U\}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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