I've been thinking about norms and asked myself the following question:
If I have two norms $\|\cdot\|_A$ and $\|\cdot\|_B$ with $\|\cdot\|_A \leq \|\cdot\|_B$, which topology is coarser, that is, has less open sets?
I tried to answer it as follows, is this correct?
It is enough to think about the ball of radius one around zero. Since $\|\cdot\|_A \leq \|\cdot\|_B$, there are more poins in $B_{\|\cdot\|_A}(0,1)$ than in $B_{\|\cdot\|_B}(0,1)$. In particular, there is a point that is in $B_{\|\cdot\|_A}(0,1)$ but not in $B_{\|\cdot\|_B}(0,1)$. Around this point we cannot make an epsilon $A$-ball that is contained in the $B$-unit-ball. Hence the $B$-unit ball is not open in the $A$-topology, hence the $B$-topology is coarser than the $A$-topology.
Thanks for help!