 Normality of every metric space (source code)

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= Normality of every metric space

Every metric space is normal. For disjoint closed sets $A,B$, the function
$$
x\longmapsto\frac{d(x,A)}{d(x,A)+d(x,B)}
$$
is continuous, equals zero on $A$, and equals one on $B$; inverse images of disjoint neighbourhoods of zero and one separate the sets.

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