Question 01 (Metric Space)

Which of the following is/are metric on \(\mathbb{R}\)-

(a) \( d(x,y)=|sin(x-y)|\)          

(b) \(d(x,y)=|x|\)         

(c) \(d(x,y)=min\{1, d'(x,y)\}\) where \(d'\) is a metric      

(d) \(d(x,y)=max\{1, d'(x,y)\}\) where \(d'\) is a metric


Explanation: (c) is the correct answer.

(a) is not correct as \(\pi \ne 0\) but \(\sin(\pi-0)=0\). 

(b) is not a metric as \(0 \ne 1\) but \(d(0,1)=0\). 

(d) is not a metric as \(d(1,1)\ne 0\)

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