Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2018/ib/paper-4/12f/b/i/solution

If is closed and is Cauchy in , completeness of gives , and closedness gives . Conversely, if is complete and lies in its closure, choose with . This sequence is Cauchy, so it converges in ; uniqueness of limits makes its limit . Thus is complete exactly when it is closed in .

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