Exercise 3.3.3

Prove the converse of Theorem 3.3.4 by showing that if a set K R is closed and bounded, then it is compact.

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Let K be closed and bounded and let ( x n ) be a sequence contained in K . BW tells us a convergent subsequence ( x n k ) x exists since K is bounded, and since K is closed x K . Thus every sequence in K contains a subsequence convering to a limit in K , which is the definition of K being compact.

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