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Let $X$ be a norm linear space. If $X$ is banach space then subspace $Y$ is closed iff $Y$ is complete.

But if $X$ is not banach space then $Y$ is closed need not imply $Y$ is complete.

Can u give me such an example?

I took a non-banach space $C[0, 1]$ with integration norm. But I am unable to find such an example here.

qualcuno
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Pradip
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Closed subspaces don't have to be complete. You could take any incomplete metric space and then the space is closed with respect to itself. However, for a subspace, take the rationals in any closed interval, which will be closed in $\mathbb{Q}$ but not complete.

Matthew
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Take the normed space $P$ of polynomials in $[0,1]$ with the supremum norm. This space is not complete, as we can find a squence that is Cauchy and converges to $e^x$ in $C[0,1] \setminus P$. Namely,

$$ p_n := 1+ x + \dots + \frac{x^n}{n!} $$

converges to $e^x$ in $C[0,1]$ with the supremum norm, so the sequence in $P$ must be Cauchy but it doesn't converge there. We also have that

$$ p_n \in \{p \in P : p(0) \geq 1 \} =: F, $$

so in particular the closed set $F \subset P$ is not complete.

qualcuno
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