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Exercise 5.1.1 (Cauchy sequences are bounded)

Prove Lemma 5.1.15.

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Lemma 5.1.15 Every Cauchy sequence ( a n ) n = 1 is bounded.

Proof. Let ( a n ) n be a Cauchy sequence (of rationals). In particular, ( a n ) n is “eventually 1 -steady”. This means that, taking 𝜀 = 1 in the definition, there exists some N such that | a p a q | < 1 for all p , q N :

N , p , q , q p N | a p a q | 1 .

In particular, if p N , then | a p a N | < 1 , which implies

| a p | = | ( a p a N ) + a N | | a p a N | + | a N | 1 + | a N | .

We obtain

p N , | a p | 1 + | a N | .

Since the set S = { a 0 , a 1 , , a N 1 } is finite, S is bounded (Lemma 5.1.14): there is some M such that

i , 0 i < N | a i | M .

Take M = M + ( 1 + | a N | ) .

  • If 0 i < N , then | a i | M M + ( 1 + | a N | ) = M .
  • If i N , then | a i | 1 + | a N | M + ( 1 + | a N | ) = M .

Therefore, for all i , | a i | M . This proves that ( a i ) i is bounded. □

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