Let (X,d) be a metric space.
(a) What does it mean to say that (xn)n is a Cauchy sequence in X ? Show that if (xn)n is a Cauchy sequence, then it converges if it contains a convergent subsequence.
(b) Let (xn)n be a Cauchy sequence in X.
(i) Show that for every m⩾1, the sequence (d(xm,xn))n converges to some dm∈R.
(ii) Show that dm→0 as m→∞.
(iii) Let (yn)n be a subsequence of (xn)n. If ℓ,m are such that yℓ=xm, show that d(yℓ,yn)→dm as n→∞.
(iv) Show also that for every m and n,
dm−dn⩽d(xm,xn)⩽dm+dn
(v) Deduce that (xn)n has a subsequence (yn)n such that for every m and n,
d(ym+1,ym)⩽31d(ym,ym−1)
and
d(ym+1,yn+1)⩽21d(ym,yn)
(c) Suppose that every closed subset Y of X has the property that every contraction mapping Y→Y has a fixed point. Prove that X is complete.