Metric subspace
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Definition
Given a metric space (X,d) and any A⊂X, we can define a metric as follows:
dA:A×A→R where dA(x,y)↦d(x,y) (so a restriction of the function essentially)
Then (A,dA) is a metric subspace of (X,d) and dH is the induced metric.
TODO: proof it is a metric space