Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem abvmet

Description: An absolute value F generates a metric defined by d ( x , y ) = F ( x - y ) , analogously to cnmet . (In fact, the ring structure is not needed at all; the group properties abveq0 and abvtri , abvneg are sufficient.) (Contributed by Mario Carneiro, 9-Sep-2014) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 2-Oct-2015)

Ref Expression
Hypotheses abvmet.x ⊢ X = Base R
abvmet.a ⊢ A = AbsVal ⁡ R
abvmet.m ⊢ - ˙ = - R
Assertion abvmet ⊢ F ∈ A → F ∘ - ˙ ∈ Met ⁡ X

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 abvmet.x ⊢ X = Base R
2 abvmet.a ⊢ A = AbsVal ⁡ R
3 abvmet.m ⊢ - ˙ = - R
4 eqid ⊢ 0 R = 0 R
5 2 abvrcl ⊢ F ∈ A → R ∈ Ring
6 ringgrp ⊢ R ∈ Ring → R ∈ Grp
7 5 6 syl ⊢ F ∈ A → R ∈ Grp
8 2 1 abvf ⊢ F ∈ A → F : X ⟶ ℝ
9 2 1 4 abveq0 ⊢ F ∈ A ∧ x ∈ X → F ⁡ x = 0 ↔ x = 0 R
10 2 1 3 abvsubtri ⊢ F ∈ A ∧ x ∈ X ∧ y ∈ X → F ⁡ x - ˙ y ≤ F ⁡ x + F ⁡ y
11 10 3expb ⊢ F ∈ A ∧ x ∈ X ∧ y ∈ X → F ⁡ x - ˙ y ≤ F ⁡ x + F ⁡ y
12 1 3 4 7 8 9 11 nrmmetd ⊢ F ∈ A → F ∘ - ˙ ∈ Met ⁡ X