Metric subspace

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Definition

Given a metric space (X,d) and any AX, we can define a metric as follows:

dA:A×AR where dA(x,y)d(x,y) (so a restriction of the function essentially)

Then (A,dA) is a metric subspace of (X,d) and dH is the induced metric.


TODO: proof it is a metric space