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Working problems is a crucial part of learning mathematics. No one can learn topology merely by poring over the definitions, theorems, and examples that are worked out in the text. One must work part of it out for oneself. To provide that opportunity is the purpose of the exercises.
James R. Munkres
Determine whether or not is connected in the uniform topology.
Argh! Suppose it is disconnected, so that there is a set which is both open and closed. For any sequence , there must be , and for any , there must be . The set contains all sequences that differ from by no more than in each coordinate, which still have to be in . And similarly, for , and . So, for example, in the uniform topology, i.e. the set of sequences converging to 0, would not work. At the same time, if is the set of bounded sequences, and is the set of unbounded sequences, then both seem to be open in the uniform topology. So, the answer is no, it is not connected.