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An open day in the metric space

arXiv:1603.00565 · doi:10.1093/teamat/hrw025

Abstract

We report on a workshop for grade eleven high school students, which took place in the framework of a university open day. During the workshop the participants first discovered the key properties of the intuitive concept of distance from real life examples. After this preparation, the formal definition of a metric space was introduced and discussed in small groups by means of problem-oriented exercise sessions.

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