# Thread: metrics - exam tomorrow!

1. ## metrics - exam tomorrow!

Let d denote the usual metric on R and consider the metric e on R
given by e(x, y) = |x − y|/(1 + |x − y|). (You may assume e is a
metric.)

In (R, e), show that B(0, 1) = R, and find B(0,1/3).

Can someone please explain simply what I would have to do to get 4 marks?

2. Have you drawn a graph of $\frac{{\left| x \right|}}{{1 + \left| x \right|}}$?
It is essentially the same as that of the metric $e$, WHY?
What are the upper and lower bounds?

3. Originally Posted by hunkydory19
Let d denote the usual metric on R and consider the metric e on R
given by e(x, y) = |x − y|/(1 + |x − y|). (You may assume e is a
metric.)

In (R, e), show that B(0, 1) = R, and find B(0,1/3).

Can someone please explain simply what I would have to do to get 4 marks?

Notice that $\forall x, \forall y$, $e(x,y)<1$. Thus, $\forall~ x\in\mathbb{R}, e(0,x)<1$ and it follows that $B(0,1)$ will contain every point in $\mathbb{R}$.
For the second part, $y=0$ and you need to find all the $x$ such that $\frac{|x|}{1+|x|}<\frac{1}{3}$.
$3|x|<1+|x| \implies 2|x|<1 \implies |x|<\frac{1}{2}$
So $B\left(0,\frac{1}{3}\right)=\left(-\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{2}\right)$