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is complete in the supremum metric for every nonempty compact metric space
Statement
Let be a nonempty compact metric space. Every member of is bounded, so the supremum metric
is defined on . With this metric, is complete.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A nonempty compact metric space and the set of continuous real-valued functions on it.
Every continuous real-valued function on a nonempty compact metric space has a bounded range (A continuous real-valued function on a nonempty compact metric space is bounded and attains a greatest and a least value).
If is nonempty, the formula defines a metric on the set of bounded functions (The supremum metric is a metric on the bounded real-valued functions on a nonempty set).
A sequence is Cauchy in a metric when, for every positive error, all pairwise distances sufficiently far out are below that error; it converges to when its distances to tend to zero (Cauchy sequence in a metric space, Convergence of a sequence in a metric space: iff in ).
A sequence of real-valued functions converges uniformly if and only if it is uniformly Cauchy (A sequence of real-valued functions converges uniformly if and only if it is uniformly Cauchy).
A uniform limit of continuous real-valued functions on a metric space is continuous (The uniform limit of continuous real-valued functions on a metric space is continuous).
A metric space is complete when every Cauchy sequence in it converges to one of its points (Complete metric space: every Cauchy sequence converges in the space).
Proof
By [L1], every is bounded. Thus is a subset of the bounded functions on , and the restriction of the metric in [L2] is a metric on .
Let be a Cauchy sequence in this supremum metric.
Given a real , choose such that for all . Then for all such and every , so is uniformly Cauchy.
By [L4] there is a function such that uniformly on .
The function is continuous by [L5], hence belongs to and is bounded by [L1].
Let . Uniform convergence gives such that for every and ; hence , so in the supremum metric.
Every Cauchy sequence in therefore converges in the supremum metric to a member of , so the metric space is complete.
Depends on
The space of continuous real-valued functions on a nonempty compact metric space
The supremum metric is a metric on the bounded real-valued functions on a nonempty set
A continuous real-valued function on a nonempty compact metric space is bounded and attains a greatest and a least value
A sequence of real-valued functions converges uniformly if and only if it is uniformly Cauchy
The uniform limit of continuous real-valued functions on a metric space is continuous
Complete metric space: every Cauchy sequence converges in the space
Convergence of a sequence in a metric space: iff in
Cauchy sequence in a metric space