A pseudometric on a setis a function
such that
1. D(x,y)=D(y,x)
2.
for all
The difference between a metric and a pseudometric space is that for a metric space with metric if
then
but for a pseudometric space it is possible for the distance between distinct points to be equal to 0.
If for two pointsand
in a pseudometric space,
then every open neighbourhood of
contains
and vice versa. This also means that a pseudometric space nis not T0 since
and
are distinct, but every open set containing
contains
and vice versa.