Hilbert & Banach Space

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Cauchy sequences can be defined on metric spaces.

Cauchy Sequence

A sequence u:Z+Au:\mathbb{Z}^+ \rightarrow A is Cauchy iff:

ϵ>0NZ+m,n;m,n>N    unum<ϵ\forall \epsilon \gt 0\, \exists N \in \mathbb{Z}^+\, \forall m,n; m,n \gt N \implies \lvert u_n - u_m \rvert \lt \epsilon

Complete

A set is said to be complete iff all Cauchy sequences approach a limit in the set.

Hilbert Space

A complete inner product space.

Banach Space

A complete normed space.