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Bounded rational sequences can converge outside the rationals (qn​=⌊10n2​⌋/10n)

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The rational numbers qn​=⌊10n2​⌋/10n lie in [1,2] and obey 0≤2​−qn​<10−n. They form a convergent sequence in the real numbers, with limit of a sequence 2​. Every subsequence has that same real limit. Because 2​ is an irrational number, no subsequence converges to a point in the rational numbers with their usual metric. Boundedness alone therefore does not give the corresponding theorem in every metric space; completeness of the real numbers is doing real work here. The floor function simply truncates the decimal expansion in this example.

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