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Proof of A Compact Subset of a Metric Space is Sequentially Compact

corollarycor:compact-implies-sequentially-compact-metric-2026b
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Reason: Proof of cor:compact-implies-sequentially-compact-metric-2026b: a cluster point from thm:compact-sequence-cluster-point-metric-2026b, converted into a convergent subsequence by thm:cluster-point-subsequence-metric-2026a against a positive null sequence.

Proof

Let (xm)mN(x_m)_{m\in\mathbb{N}} be a sequence in XX with xmKx_m\in K for every mNm\in\mathbb{N}.

Since KK is compact in (X,Td)(X,\mathcal{T}_d), Every Sequence in a Compact Subset of a Metric Space Has a Cluster Point There provides a point xKx\in K that is a cluster point of (xm)mN(x_m)_{m\in\mathbb{N}} in (X,d)(X,d).

By Existence of a Sequence of Positive Real Numbers with Limit Zero there is a sequence (hk)kN(h_k)_{k\in\mathbb{N}} of real numbers with 0<hk0<h_k for every kNk\in\mathbb{N} and with limit 00.

Apply A Cluster Point of a Sequence in a Metric Space is the Limit of a Subsequence to the cluster point xx with εk=hk\varepsilon_k=h_k. Claim 1 of that theorem yields a strictly increasing sequence (nk)kN(n_k)_{k\in\mathbb{N}} in N\mathbb{N}, in the sense of Subsequence of a Sequence in a Set, with d(xnk,x)<hkd(x_{n_k},x)<h_k for every kNk\in\mathbb{N}; and since (hk)kN(h_k)_{k\in\mathbb{N}} has limit 00, claim 2 of that theorem shows that the subsequence (xnk)kN(x_{n_k})_{k\in\mathbb{N}} converges to xx in (X,d)(X,d).

Thus for every sequence in XX with values in KK there are a point xKx\in K and a subsequence converging to xx, which is exactly the requirement of Sequentially Compact Subset of a Metric Space. Hence KK is sequentially compact in (X,d)(X,d).

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