Sequentially Compact

Definition (Sequentially Compact)

A Topological Space KK is sequentially compact if for every sequence (xn)nNK( x_{n} )_{n\in \mathbb{N}}\subseteq K, one can find a convergent subsequence in KK i.e. (xn)nNK,(nk)kN:limkxnk=xK\forall(x_{n})_{n\in \mathbb{N}}\subseteq K , \exists (n_{k})_{k\in \mathbb{N}}:\lim_{ k \to \infty } x_{n_{k}}=x\in K

Remark

In a Metric Space we have that Compactness is equivalent to sequential compactness.