1-Sequence Space is Separable

Theorem
$\ell^1$ space is a separable space.

Proof
Let $D$ be the set of all finitely supported sequences with rational terms:


 * $\displaystyle D = \set {\sequence {q_i}_{i \mathop \in \N} : n \in \N : i \le n : q_i \in \Q}$

We have that:


 * Rational Numbers are Countably Infinite


 * A finite set is countable


 * $D$ is a union of finite sets indexed by $n$, which is countable

By Countable Union of Countable Sets is Countable, $D$ is countable.

Let $\mathbf x := \tuple {x_n}_{n \mathop \in \N} \in \ell^1$

By definition of $\ell^1$:


 * $\displaystyle \sum_{n \mathop = 1}^\infty \size {x_n} < \infty$

Let $\displaystyle s_n := \sum_{i \mathop = 0}^n \size {x_i}$ be a sequence of partial sums of $\displaystyle s = \sum_{i \mathop = 0}^\infty \size {x_i}$.

Then $s$ is a convergent sequence:


 * $\forall \epsilon' \in \R_{>0}: \exists N \in \N: \forall n \in \N: n > N \implies \size {s_n - s} < \epsilon'$

Note that:

Let $\displaystyle \epsilon' = \frac \epsilon 2$.

Let $\displaystyle N \in \N : \sum_{n \mathop = N + 1}^\infty \size {x_n} < \frac \epsilon 2$.

We have that $\Q$ is dense in $\R$.


 * $\forall x \in \R : \exists \epsilon \in \R_{\mathop > 0} : \exists q \in \Q : \size {x - q} < \epsilon$

Then:


 * $\displaystyle \forall i \in \N : 1 \le i \le N : q_i \in \Q : \sum_{n \mathop = 1}^N \size {x_n - q_n} < \frac \epsilon 2$

where


 * $\displaystyle \frac \epsilon 2 = \sum_{i \mathop = 1}^N \epsilon_i''$

Let $\mathbf x' := \tuple {q_1, \ldots, q_N, 0, \ldots} \in D$.

Then:


 * $\displaystyle \norm {\mathbf x - \mathbf x '} = \sum_{n \mathop = 1}^N \size {x_n - q_n} + \sum_{n \mathop = N + 1}^\infty \size {x_n} < \epsilon$