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Inspired by a recent Math.SE question entitled Where do we need the axiom of choice in Riemannian geometry?, I was thinking of the Arzelà--Ascoli theorem. Let's state a very simple version: ...

Let us say a metric probability space $(X,\rho,\mu)$ has property (*) if: the support of $\mu$ is contained in a separable subspace of $X$. Questions: 1. Is there a standard name for this property? ...

Continuous functions can be distinguished by their values at say rational points of [0 1]. Germs of analytic functions can be distinguished by derivatives at a point. So in both cases we see ...