Description: An open set is a subset of a metric space which includes a ball around each of its points. Definition 1.3-2 of Kreyszig p. 18. The object ( MetOpenD ) is the family of all open sets in the metric space determined by the metric D . By mopntop , the open sets of a metric space form a topology J , whose base set is U. J by mopnuni . (Contributed by NM, 1-Sep-2006) (Revised by Mario Carneiro, 12-Nov-2013)