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Paul Taylor
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What does overtness mean for metric spaces?

Original question: For compact metric spaces, plenty of subtly different definitions converge to the same concept. Overtness can be viewed as a property dual to compactness. So is there a similar story for overt metric spaces?

Edit: Since overtness is trivially true assuming the Law of the Excluded Middle, clearly the question is primarily interesting when we do not assume the LEM.

Edit 2: It looks like it is extremely difficult for a metric space to not be overt even in constructive settings. So editing the question to ask if there is ANY model where metric spaces are not overt.

Edit 3: For these reasons I changed the question again, from "Is there any model of mathematics where there exists a metric space that is not overt?". PT

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