Solution

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The series converges in when its partial sums converge in norm to an element of . It is absolutely convergent when .
If is complete, then
for an absolutely convergent series. Its partial sums are Cauchy and therefore converge.
Conversely suppose every absolutely convergent series converges. Given a Cauchy sequence , choose a subsequence with . The series
is absolutely convergent. Its partial sums are precisely the subsequence, which therefore converges to some . A Cauchy sequence with a convergent subsequence converges to that same limit: estimate by . Hence

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