Convergent Sequence is Cauchy Sequence/Normed Division Ring/Proof 1

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Theorem

Let $\struct {R, \norm {\,\cdot\,}} $ be a normed division ring.


Every convergent sequence in $R$ is a Cauchy sequence.


Proof

Let $\sequence {x_n}$ be a sequence in $R$ that converges to the limit $l \in R$.

Let $\epsilon > 0$.

Then also $\dfrac \epsilon 2 > 0$.

Because $\sequence {x_n}$ converges to $l$, we have:

$\exists N: \forall n > N: \norm {x_n - l} < \dfrac \epsilon 2$

So if $m > N$ and $n > N$, then:

\(\ds \norm {x_n - x_m}\) \(=\) \(\ds \norm {x_n - l + l - x_m}\)
\(\ds \) \(\le\) \(\ds \norm {x_n - l} + \norm {l - x_m}\) Norm Axiom $\text N 3$: Triangle Inequality
\(\ds \) \(<\) \(\ds \frac \epsilon 2 + \frac \epsilon 2\) by choice of $N$
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds \epsilon\)

Thus $\sequence {x_n}$ is a Cauchy sequence.

$\blacksquare$


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