cmi-entrance 2025 Q10
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Let $M _ { n } ( \mathbb { R } )$ be the space of $n \times n$ real matrices. View $M _ { n } ( \mathbb { R } )$ as a metric space with $$d \left( \left[ a _ { i , j } \right] , \left[ b _ { i , j } \right] \right) : = \max _ { i , j } \left| a _ { i , j } - b _ { i , j } \right|$$ Let $U \subset M _ { n } ( \mathbb { R } )$ be the subset of matrices $M \in M _ { n } ( \mathbb { R } )$ such that $\left( M - I _ { n } \right) ^ { n } = 0$.
(A) $U$ is closed.
(B) $U$ is open.
(C) $U$ is compact.
(D) $U$ is neither closed or open.