Questions tagged [cauchy-sequences]

For questions relating to the properties of Cauchy sequences.

A sequence $\{x_n\}$ in an arbitrary metric space, and in particular the space $\Bbb{R}$, is called Cauchy if the terms of the sequence become arbitrarily close together; that is, for every $\epsilon > 0$, there exists an $N$ such that

$$n, m \ge N \implies d(x_n, x_m) < \epsilon$$

where $d$ is the distance function for the metric space. In the particular case of the real numbers, this condition becomes

$$n, m \ge N \implies |x_n - x_m| < \epsilon$$

A complete metric space is a metric space in which every Cauchy sequence is convergent; this gives an alternate definition of convergence of a sequence that does not rely on the limiting value.

Source: the Cauchy sequence article on Wikipedia.

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A concrete example of a proof of completness

I'v been looking arround in some of my books, all say the same: "To prove a metric space is complete, show that every Caychy sequence is convergent to a pointin the space". Yet noone gives me an example of doing this, my mind can't connect the…
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Show that is a cauchy sequence.

Let $\theta:\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}$, with $\lim{\theta(j)}=\infty$, when $j\to\infty$. If $(x_j)$ is a Cauchy sequence in $M$, then $y_j=x_{\theta(j)}$, defines a Cauchy sequence in the metric space $M$. My Approach: I think if…
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Cauchy sequence of sine function

Let $\{x_n\}$ be a Cauchy sequence of nonnegative numbers. Prove that $$\{\sin (x_n + 5)^{1/3}\}$$ is a Cauchy sequence by checking the definition of Cauchy sequence. I tried $$|x_m-x_n| < \epsilon$$ $$|\sin(x_m+5)^{1/3} - \sin(x_n+5)^{1/3}|$$ and…
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Showing that sequence is convergent by proving it is Cauchy sequence

$x_n=\frac{n+sin(n)}{n+7}$ I'm still new on this field and I would be so pleased,if someone let me know that my steps are valid and I haven't done any mistakes My attemps for showing that $|x_{n+1}-x_n| < \epsilon$ failed because I'm having 2 terms…
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Demonstrate the following sequence is Cauchy sequence...

Here I have such an exercise: Show that the sequence $(x_n)$,where is a Cauchy sequence. Here's the solution: Can you, please, take a look and explain me why the relation marked with $"?"$ is true, and why is it necessary? Thank you very much.
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set of Cauchy sequences complete matrix

Given a set S, let S* be the set of all Cauchy sequences. Is it true that S* is a complete metric space? Suppose that $A, B \in S^*$. Then the metric is $\rho(A,B) = \lim_{v \to \infty} \rho(a_{v},b_{v})$.
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Prove $a_{n+1} = \frac{4+3 a_n}{3+2 a_n}$ is a Cauchy sequence

How to prove that a sequence $a_n$ as defined $a_{n+1} = \frac{4+3 a_n}{3+2 a_n}$ is a Cauchy sequence?
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Proving existence of limit

What is a way to prove the existence of a limit of the difference of two Cauchy sequences? What is a general definition that can be used to prove that a limit exists?
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Calculate cauchy product of series

These are the series I need to find the Cauchy product to: $$\sum_{n=0}^\infty q^n$$ and $$\sum_{n=0}^\infty nq^n$$ Is it just $$\sum_{j=0}^\infty\sum_{k=0}^j q_k^nnq^{n_ {j-k}}$$ or what am I missing? To be honest, I'm fairly confused about the…
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Question on Cauchy Sequence definition?

Kaplansky defines a Cauchy sequence if for any $\epsilon > 0$ there exists sufficiently large $i, j$ such that $D(x_i, x_j) < \epsilon$ for some sequence $\{x_n\}$ in a metric space. The sequence need not converge to some specified limit point, just…
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Proof that the sequence is a Cauchy sequence.

Let $a \in (0, 1)$ be a number with decimal representation: $0.a_1 a_2 a_3 \ldots,$ where $a_k \in \{0,1,\ldots,9\}$ for $k \in \mathbb{N}$. Show that the sequence $(x_n)$ with: $x_n = \sum_{k=1}^{n} a_k \cdot 10^{-k}$ is a Cauchy sequence. …
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Subsequence of the sequence $\frac{1}{n}$

I would like to construct a subsequence of the sequence $\large a_n = \frac{1}{n}$, so that the indices of the subsequence are determined by: $n_1 = 1$ and $n_{k+1}$ is the smallest integer greater than $n_k$, such that if $m,n > n_{k+1}$, we have…
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A proof I was studying created a Cauchy sequence without proving it.

I will first give some context for my question to be as defined as possible. Prove that a projection onto the set K: $P_K(v) = \text{argmin}_{w \in K}||v-w||$ exists and is unique. Without lose of generality assume that the vector $v$ is always $0$…
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To what limit does this sequence converge to?

I have the sequence defined by, $a_{n+2} = \frac{1}{3} a_{n+1} + \frac{2}{3}a_n$, where $a_0 = 0, a_1 = 1$. I have proved that this converges, but I cannot figure out what it converges to. I tried to find some pattern in the terms so that I could…
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Prove that seqences {cos(n)}, {sin(n)} diverge.

I made a proof using isometry, but I'm not sure. Here is the proof: Let A be a 2×2 matrix whose first row is equal to (cos(1), -sin(1)) and second row is equal to (sin(1), cos(1)). And define the sequence {X(n)} by X(1)=(cos(1), sin(1)),…
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