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We show that the completion of a partial metric space can fail be unique, which answers a question on completions of partial metric spaces. In addition, to this paper discusses metrizability around partial metric spaces.
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This project is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11801254, 61472469, 11461005).
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Ge, X., Lin, S. Some questions on partial metric spaces. Appl. Math. J. Chin. Univ. 35, 392–398 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11766-020-3569-z
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