Bourbaki

Definition 1

Tag 0C3Z, permanent. Cite it as [Bourbaki, Tag 0C3Z].

General Topology, chapter IX, § 3. Metrizable groups, valued fields, normed spaces and algebras

A metric dd on a group GG (written multiplicatively) is said to be left-invariant (resp. right-invariant) if we have

d(zx,zy)=d(x,y)[resp. d(xz,yz)=d(x,y)] d(zx, zy) = d(x, y) \quad [\text{resp. } d(xz, yz) = d(x, y)]

for all x,y,zx, y, z in GG.

Bourbaki puts the proof directly after the statement, so what is above is the statement and its proof together.

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