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Since d(s,t) = |s - t|, the real and metric definitions of convergence and of the Cauchy condition impose literally the same conditions; uniqueness of limits identifies the limits, and the Cauchy criterion for real sequences gives completeness.

Proof

By The Distance on the Real Numbers §distance, dR(s,t)=∣s−t∣d_{\mathbb{R}}(s,t)=|s-t| for all s,t∈Rs,t\in\mathbb{R}; in particular dR(an,L)=∣an−L∣d_{\mathbb{R}}(a_{n},L)=|a_{n}-L| and dR(am,an)=∣am−an∣d_{\mathbb{R}}(a_{m},a_{n})=|a_{m}-a_{n}| for all m,n∈Nm,n\in\mathbb{N}.

Converges. For a real ε>0\varepsilon>0 and N∈NN\in\mathbb{N}, the condition "∣an−L∣<ε|a_{n}-L|<\varepsilon for every n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N} with n≥Nn\ge N" required in Convergent Sequences of Real Numbers §converges and the condition "dR(an,L)<εd_{\mathbb{R}}(a_{n},L)<\varepsilon for every n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N} with n≥Nn\ge N" required in Convergent Sequence in a Metric Space §converges for the metric space (R,dR)(\mathbb{R},d_{\mathbb{R}}) are the same condition, by the identity above. Both definitions ask that for every real ε>0\varepsilon>0 there be such an NN, so each holds exactly when the other does.

Limit. Let (an)(a_{n}) be convergent and let AA be its limit, the unique real number to which it converges. By the clause converges, (an)(a_{n}) converges to AA in (R,dR)(\mathbb{R},d_{\mathbb{R}}), so it is convergent in (R,dR)(\mathbb{R},d_{\mathbb{R}}) by Convergent Sequence in a Metric Space §convergent. Its limit in (R,dR)(\mathbb{R},d_{\mathbb{R}}) is, by The Limit of a Convergent Sequence in a Metric Space §limit, the point to which it converges in (R,dR)(\mathbb{R},d_{\mathbb{R}}), unique by Uniqueness of Limits in a Metric Space §unique; hence it is AA.

Cauchy. For a real ε>0\varepsilon>0 and N∈NN\in\mathbb{N}, the condition "∣am−an∣<ε|a_{m}-a_{n}|<\varepsilon for all m,n∈Nm,n\in\mathbb{N} with m,n≥Nm,n\ge N" required in Cauchy Sequences of Real Numbers §cauchy and the condition "dR(am,an)<εd_{\mathbb{R}}(a_{m},a_{n})<\varepsilon for all m,n∈Nm,n\in\mathbb{N} with m,n≥Nm,n\ge N" required in Cauchy Sequence in a Metric Space §cauchy are the same condition, and both definitions ask for such an NN for every real ε>0\varepsilon>0; so each holds exactly when the other does.

Complete. Let (bn)(b_{n}) be a Cauchy sequence in (R,dR)(\mathbb{R},d_{\mathbb{R}}). By the clause cauchy, applied to (bn)(b_{n}), it is a Cauchy sequence in the sense of Cauchy Sequences of Real Numbers §cauchy, so it is convergent by Completeness of the Real Numbers for Sequences: Monotone Convergence, the Bolzano-Weierstrass Theorem and Cauchy Sequences §cauchy: it converges to some B∈RB\in\mathbb{R}. By the clause converges, applied to (bn)(b_{n}) and BB, it converges to BB in (R,dR)(\mathbb{R},d_{\mathbb{R}}), so it is convergent in (R,dR)(\mathbb{R},d_{\mathbb{R}}) by Convergent Sequence in a Metric Space §convergent. Hence (R,dR)(\mathbb{R},d_{\mathbb{R}}) is complete by Complete Metric Space §complete.

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