Distinct reals x, y in
Xελ must lie at least 2ε
apart: |x - y| > 2ε.
For if instead
0 < |x – y| < 2ε ,
then
f(Vε(x) ∩
Vε(y)) ⊂
Vελ(x) ∩
Vελ(y) =
∅,
while
Vε(x) ∩
Vε(y) =
{((x+y)/2, |x-y|/2)}
≠ ∅.
Thus each Xελ
is at most countable, as claimed, and so, therefore, is
X =
∪{X1/n0 :
n > 0} ∪
∪{X1/n1 :
n > 0} .
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