Complete

Definition (Complete)

A normed vector space (V,)(V,\|\cdot\|) is complete if every Cauchy Sequence in VV converges.

Remark

Compactness implies completeness.

Note

If a normed vector space is incomplete, one can complete it…

Definition (Completion)

A completion of a normed vector space (V,)(V,\|\cdot\|) is a normed F\mathbb{F}-vector space (V,)(\overline V,\overline{\|\cdot\|}) such that there exists a linear injection lV:VVl_{V}:V\mapsto\overline V with the following properties:

  1. lV=v\overline{\|l_{V}\|}=\|v\| for every vVv\in V;
  2. if vV\overline v \in \overline V, then there exists a sequence, (vi)iN(v_{i})_{i\in\mathbb{N}}, for which the sequence (lV(vi))iN(l_{V}(v_{i}))_{i\in\mathbb{N}} converges to v\overline v.

Theorem (Completions exist)

Every normed vector space possesses a completion.

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