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Past exam of the metric spaces and complex analysis course of the University of Oxford 2014 2 a iii Solution by
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Let be a Cauchy sequence in the product. Since each coordinate distance is bounded by , both and are Cauchy in their respective factors. By completeness they have limits , . Part (ii) then gives convergence of the pairs to .
Thus the product of two complete metric spaces is complete under the maximum product metric. This checks every Cauchy sequence, rather than assuming beforehand that it has a coordinate limit.
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