Definition:Cauchy Sequence/Normed Division Ring

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Definition

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

Let $\sequence {x_n}$ be a sequence in $R$.


Then $\sequence {x_n} $ is a Cauchy sequence in the norm $\norm {\, \cdot \,}$ if and only if:

$\sequence {x_n}$ is a cauchy sequence in the metric induced by the norm $\norm {\, \cdot \,}$


That is:

$\forall \epsilon \in \R_{>0}: \exists N \in \N: \forall m, n \in \N: m, n \ge N: \norm {x_n - x_m} < \epsilon$


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Source of Name

This entry was named for Augustin Louis Cauchy.


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