continuous map on metric subspace.

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Suppose f is a continous map from $(X,d)$ to $(Y,p)$. Suppose A is a subspace of $X$. Then the restriction of f from $A$ to Y is likewise continous.

My proof:

Let $a \in A$. Suppose $(a_n)$ is an arbitrary sequence contained in $A$ such that $a_n \rightarrow a$. Since $f$ is continous on X, $f(a_n) \rightarrow f(a)$.

Is this proof correct? How could I make it more detailed? What else should I include? Could you provide another proof?

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For the sake of providing an answer rather than a comment:

Looks entirely correct. Other proofs would depend on your definition of continuity. Being a topologist, my definition of continuity is that "pre-images of open sets are open". In your context these two definitions are equivalent, so you could try proving that all pre-images of open sets are open?

A sketch of my alternative proof would be something like:

$f:X \rightarrow Y$ is continuous, so for any open set $B \subseteq Y$, its preimage $f^{-1}(B)$ is open.

I now look at the open sets in the subspace $A \subseteq X$. There is possibly some lemma that would help me here.

I now deduce that if $f^{-1}(B)$ is open in $X$, then ${\widehat{f}}^{-1}(B)$ is open in $A$, where $\widehat{f}$ is the restriction of $f$ to $A$.

That should give you the bare bones.