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If we look a set $\mathbb{N}$ in metric space $(\mathbb{R},d_2)$ is $\mathbb{N}$ there a totally bounded space? What about looking set $\mathbb{N}$ in metric space $(\mathbb{R},d)$ where $d$ is discrete metric? Definition of totally bounded space: A metric space $(M,d)$ is totally bounded if and only if for every real number $\epsilon>0$, there exists a finite collection of open balls in M of radius $\epsilon$ whose union contains M.
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It is pretty clear that is not the case but I need to show this by using definition of totally bounded space. I first start looking $B(n,\frac{1}{2})$ ball around every natural number, but $\mathbb{N}$ is not a finite set so we don't have a finite cover of set I think that this could be a problem?

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Hint:

Let any finite cover $C=\cup_{i=1}^n B(b_n,\epsilon)$. The number

$$\max_{1\le i\le n}(b_n+\epsilon)$$ is an upper bound to the integers contained in $C$ and cannot contain

$$\left\lceil\max_{1\le i\le n}(b_n+\epsilon)\right\rceil+1.$$


In simpler and more general terms, an open ball is bounded above and so is a finite union of balls. Hence there is a natural larger than the upper bound, which is not covered.