[Math] Are there any connections between metric space and inner product space

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As mentioned in title, are the any connections between inner product space(well, here we talk about only real space) and metric space? I kind of notice that the axioms satisfied by both inner product and metric are almost the same.

Best Answer

Yes, every inner product space is a metric space, with the "Euclidean metric" defined by $$ d(x,y) = \sqrt{\langle x-y, x-y \rangle} $$

Not every metric on a vector space comes from an inner product though (For instance, $l^1$, the space of summable sequences, is one such example)