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Proof of Heine-Borel Theorem in Rn\mathbb{R}^n

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Reason: First published proof. One direction is the two easy implications; the converse extracts a convergent subsequence by Bolzano-Weierstrass in R^n, places its limit in the set by the sequential characterization of closed subsets, and converts sequential compactness back to compactness.

Proof

Claim 1 implies claim 2. Suppose AA is compact in (Rn,TdE)(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathcal{T}_{d_E}). Then AA is closed in (Rn,TdE)(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathcal{T}_{d_E}) by Compact Subset of Rn\mathbb{R}^n is Closed, and AA is bounded in (Rn,dE)(\mathbb{R}^n,d_E) by Compact Subset of Rn\mathbb{R}^n is Bounded.

Claim 2 implies claim 1. Suppose AA is closed in (Rn,TdE)(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathcal{T}_{d_E}) and bounded in (Rn,dE)(\mathbb{R}^n,d_E). We show that AA is sequentially compact in (Rn,dE)(\mathbb{R}^n,d_E).

Let (xm)m∈N(x_m)_{m\in\mathbb{N}} be a sequence in Rn\mathbb{R}^n with xm∈Ax_m\in A for every m∈Nm\in\mathbb{N}. Since AA is bounded, Bolzano-Weierstrass Theorem in Euclidean Space provides a point β„“βˆˆRn\ell\in\mathbb{R}^n and a strictly increasing sequence (pk)k∈N(p_k)_{k\in\mathbb{N}} in N\mathbb{N} such that the subsequence (xpk)k∈N(x_{p_k})_{k\in\mathbb{N}} converges to β„“\ell in (Rn,dE)(\mathbb{R}^n,d_E).

The subsequence (xpk)k∈N(x_{p_k})_{k\in\mathbb{N}} is itself a sequence in Rn\mathbb{R}^n, and each of its terms xpkx_{p_k} lies in AA because every term of (xm)m∈N(x_m)_{m\in\mathbb{N}} does. Since AA is closed and this sequence converges to β„“\ell in (Rn,dE)(\mathbb{R}^n,d_E), the sequential characterization of closed subsets, Sequential Characterization of Closed Subsets of a Metric Space, gives β„“βˆˆA\ell\in A.

Thus every sequence in Rn\mathbb{R}^n with all terms in AA has a subsequence converging to a point of AA, so AA is sequentially compact in (Rn,dE)(\mathbb{R}^n,d_E). By Compactness and Sequential Compactness Agree for Subsets of a Metric Space the set AA is compact in (Rn,TdE)(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathcal{T}_{d_E}).

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