Ultrametric structure on bounded continuous functions #
The sup distance on bounded continuous functions α →ᵇ β into an ultrametric space β is
ultrametric, and so is the induced distance on the space C₀(α, β) of continuous functions
vanishing at infinity. This complements Mathlib's instance for C(X, Y) with X compact. In
particular, for a nonarchimedean normed ring R and a discrete index I, the model space
C₀(I, R) of nonarchimedean functional analysis has an ultrametric norm.
instance
BoundedContinuousFunction.instIsUltrametricDist
{α : Type u_1}
{β : Type u_2}
[TopologicalSpace α]
[PseudoMetricSpace β]
[IsUltrametricDist β]
:
The sup distance on bounded continuous functions into an ultrametric space is ultrametric.
instance
ZeroAtInftyContinuousMap.instIsUltrametricDist
{α : Type u_1}
{β : Type u_2}
[TopologicalSpace α]
[PseudoMetricSpace β]
[Zero β]
[IsUltrametricDist β]
:
The sup distance on continuous functions vanishing at infinity with values in an ultrametric space is ultrametric.