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Exercise 3.3.3
Prove the converse of Theorem 3.3.4 by showing that if a set is closed and bounded, then it is compact.
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Let be closed and bounded and let be a sequence contained in . BW tells us a convergent subsequence exists since is bounded, and since is closed . Thus every sequence in contains a subsequence convering to a limit in , which is the definition of being compact.