We denote by $\mathcal{S}_{n}^{\dagger}(\mathbb{R})$ the set of $n \times n$ symmetric matrices whose eigenvalues are all simple. Let $M \in \mathcal{S}_{n}^{\dagger}(\mathbb{R})$. Determine a real $r > 0$ such that the open ball of $\mathcal{S}_{n}(\mathbb{R})$ centered at $M$ with radius $r$ is included in $\mathcal{S}_{n}^{\dagger}(\mathbb{R})$. Deduce that $\mathcal{S}_{n}^{\dagger}(\mathbb{R})$ is an open set of $\mathcal{S}_{n}(\mathbb{R})$.