In contrast to the above theorem, the property which defines a Cauchy sequence has the advantage that it appears to be merely its “internal” property without an appeal to an “external” object - the limit.Ī metric space in which every Cauchy sequence has a limit in is called complete. What is slightly annoying for the mathematician (in theory and in praxis) is that we refer to the limit of a sequence in the definition. Remark 2: If a Cauchy sequence has a subsequence that converges to x, then the sequence converges to x. The proof of this fact, given in 1914 by the German mathematician Felix Hausdorff, can be generalized to demonstrate that every metric space has such a completion. In this sense, the real numbers form the completion of the rational numbers.
Theorem: If ( 1) is a Cauchy sequence of complex or real numbers, then there is a complex or real number, respectively, such that. is the limit of a Cauchy sequence of rational numbers.
In case of a sequence satisfying Cauchy criterion the elements get close to each other as m n increases. If a sequence converges then the elements of the sequence get close to the limit as n increases. However, in the metric space of complex or real numbers the converse is true. Every convergent sequence is a Cauchy sequence, Every Cauchy sequence of real (or complex). If a sequence (xn) converges then it satises the Cauchy’s criterion: for > 0, there exists N such that jxn ¡xmj < for all n m N. The converse statement is not true in general.
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