Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2024 / ib / Paper 1 / 10F / a / Solution

A metric space is complete when every Cauchy sequence in it converges to a point of the space. Let $(y_n)$ be Cauchy in a closed subspace $Y$ of a complete metric space $X$. It is also Cauchy in $X$, so $y_n\to x$ for some $x\in X$. Since $Y$ is closed and every $y_n$ lies in $Y$, one has $x\in Y$. Thus the closed-subspace completeness theorem proves that $Y$ is complete.