Every convergent sequence in a metric space is a Cauchy sequence

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created: 2021-12-15 14:45:42
modified: 2022-01-10 04:13:04

Statement: Every convergent sequence in a metric space is a Cauchy sequence.

Proof

If , then for every there is an ε-neighborhood such that

Hence by the triangle inequality we obtain for

This shows that is Cauchy. QED