# Some neigbourhood properties

I am given an exercise where I am supposed to show some properties of neighbourhoods.

I am given a metric space ($X$,$d$) and two points, $p$ and $q$, that both are members of $X$ ($p$,$q$ $\in$ $X$).

Firsly, I'm supposed to show that if both $N_1$ and $N_2$ is in the neighbourhood of $p$, then $N_1 \cap N_2$ is in the neighbourhood of $p$. I have tried to solve the problem, using this approach:

Given $N_1$, $N_2$ $\in$ $\mu_p$ (neighbourhood of $p$), then $p \ \in \ N_1^\circ$ and $p \ \in \ N_2^\circ$. Using that $N_1^\circ \cap N_2^\circ$ itself is open, in addition to the fact that $N_1^\circ \cap N_2^\circ \subseteq N_1\cap N_2$, such that $p \ \in \ (N_1\cap N_2)^\circ \ \Rightarrow \ N_1\cap N_2 \ \in \ \mu_p$.

Is this correct? And is there another way to solve the problem?

Further we are asked to show the following: Given two points, $p$ and $q$ ($p \neq q$), there exists a neighbourhood $\mu_p$ (of $p$) that doesn't include the point $q$.

I don't know exactly where to start here. I'm thinking about some way to show that there exists an $\epsilon \ > 0$, representing the set $N$'s interval, such that $d(p,q) > \epsilon$. The problem is that I don't know how to actually show this. Besides this, I guess there a plenty of ways of better ways to show this.

• Your approach to the first question is ok. For the second, we have metric, so you can find the distance between $p$ and $q$. Can you find a suitable $\delta>0$ so that the set $\{x:d(x,p)<\delta\}$ does not include $q$. – almagest Sep 2 '14 at 13:03
• The first $\delta$ I think about is $|p-q|$. – truglr Sep 2 '14 at 13:25
• There is no unique $\delta$ - any $\delta$ will do provided it satisfies $0<\delta<d(p,q)$. – almagest Sep 3 '14 at 14:33
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