been defined earlier in 1906 by Maurice Fréchet, though it was Hausdorff who popularised the term "metric space" .

Definitions

The utility of the concept of a topology is shown by the fact that there are several equivalent definitions of this mathematical structure. Thus one chooses the axiomatization suited for the application. The most commonly used is that in terms of [[open set]]s, but perhaps

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