State whether the following is true or false: a) The set [0,4] with the usual metric is sequentially compact b) The set [0, 1] with the discrete metric is compact. c) Any cover of a metric space is open.

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State whether the following is true or false:

a) The set [0,4] with the usual metric is sequentially compact

b) The set [0, 1] with the discrete metric is compact.

c) Any cover of a metric space is open.

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(a) The set [0,4] with the usual metric is sequentially compact.

This statement is true.

Considering u be the  usual metric space and X=[0,4] be with the usual metric.

then Xu and X=[0,4] is closed and bounded.

We know that a subset of the metric space u is closed and bounded if and only if it is compact.

And also we know that a compact metric space is sequentially compact.

Here [0,4] is a subset of u and it is closed and bounded.

Hence it implies that The set [0,4] with the usual metric is sequentially compact

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