Cauchy Sequence and Completeness of a Metric Space
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Let X be a complete metric space. If F_n is a sequence of nonempty closed subsets of X such that F_n+1 is contained in F_n and the limit as n-->infinity of the diameter(F_n) = 0, show that the interesection of all F_n is nonempty.
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Cauchy sequence is clearly evaluated in this case.
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First, let's write down the relevant definitiions.
A metric space X is complete if every Cauchy sequence {x_n} of elements of X has a limit x also in X.
A sequence x_n is Cauchy, if for every epsilon>0 there's a number N such that for all n,m>N we have
d(x_n , x_m) < epsilon
here d(x,y) is the metric on X.
Now, the diameter diam(F) of a set F in a metric space is sup {d(x,y), x and y are in F}.
What we want to do is to construct a Cauchy ...
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