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In [[mathematics]], a '''totally bounded set''' is any [[set|subset]] of a [[metric space]] with the property that for any positive radius ''r>0'' it is contained  in some union of a finite number of "open balls" of radius ''r''. In a finite dimensional [[normed space]], such as the Euclidean spaces, total boundedness is ''equivalent'' to boundedness.
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In [[mathematics]], a '''totally bounded set''' is any [[set|subset]] of a [[metric space]] with the property that for any positive radius ''r>0'' it is contained  in some union of a finite number of "open balls" of radius ''r''. In a finite dimensional [[normed space]], such as the Euclidean spaces, total boundedness is ''equivalent'' to [[bounded set|boundedness]].


==Formal definition==
==Formal definition==
Let ''X'' be a metric space. A set <math>A \subset X</math> is totally bounded if for any radius ''r>0'' the exist a finite number ''n(r)'' (that depends on the value of ''r'') of [[metric space#Metric topology|open balls]] <math>B_r(x_1),\ldots,B_r(x_{n(r)})</math>, with <math>x_1,\ldots,x_{n(r)} \in X</math>, such that <math>A \subset \cup_{k=1}^{n(r)}B_r(x_{k})</math>.
Let ''X'' be a metric space. A set <math>A \subset X</math> is totally bounded if for any [[real number]] ''r''>0 there exists a finite number ''n''(''r'') (that depends on the value of ''r'') of [[metric space#Metric topology|open balls]] of radius ''r'', <math>B_r(x_1),\ldots,B_r(x_{n(r)})\,</math>, with <math>x_1,\ldots,x_{n(r)} \in X</math>, such that <math>A \subseteq \cup_{k=1}^{n(r)}B_r(x_{k})</math>.
 
==See also==
[[Open set]]
 
[[Closed set]]


[[Compact set]]
==Properties==
* A subset of a [[complete metric space]] is totally bounded if and only if its [[closure (topology)|closure]] is [[compact space|compact]].


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In mathematics, a totally bounded set is any subset of a metric space with the property that for any positive radius r>0 it is contained in some union of a finite number of "open balls" of radius r. In a finite dimensional normed space, such as the Euclidean spaces, total boundedness is equivalent to boundedness.

Formal definition

Let X be a metric space. A set is totally bounded if for any real number r>0 there exists a finite number n(r) (that depends on the value of r) of open balls of radius r, , with , such that .

Properties