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The set of distances in a Polish metric space

Logic 2025-09-03 v1

Abstract

We show that a set of non-negative reals is the distance set of a separable complete metric space if and only if it is either countable or is an analytic set which has 0 as a limit point. We also consider spaces with simpler distance sets.

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@article{arxiv.2509.01027,
  title  = {The set of distances in a Polish metric space},
  author = {John D. Clemens},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.01027},
  year   = {2025}
}