New York City Category Theory Seminar
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Next F.E.J. Linton • Wesleyan Univ. Math/CS Emeritus

V nbds meet   Distinct reals x, y in Xελ must lie at least 2ε apart: |x − y| > 2ε. For if instead 0 < |x − y| < 2ε , then
Vε(x) ∩ Vε(y) = {(½(x+y), ½|x−y|)} ≠ ∅, 
while, up in the double cover, ...