Definition:Open Ball/Center

Definition
Let $M = \left({A, d}\right)$ be a metric space or pseudometric space.

Let $a \in A$.

Let $B_\epsilon \left({a}\right)$ be the open $\epsilon$-ball of $a$.

In $B_\epsilon \left({a}\right)$, the value $a$ is referred to as the center of the open $\epsilon$-ball.