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Vestn. Yuzhno-Ural. Gos. Un-ta. Ser. Matem. Mekh. Fiz., 2021 Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 61–64 (Mi vyurm483)

Short communications

A short proof of completion theorem for metric spaces

U. Kaya

Bitlis Eren University, Bitlis, Turkey

Abstract: The completion theorem for metric spaces is always proven using the space of Cauchy sequences. In this paper, we give a short and alternative proof of this theorem via Zorn's lemma. First, we give a way of adding one point to an incomplete space to get a chosen non-convergent Cauchy sequence convergent. Later, we show that every metric space has a completion by constructing a partial ordered set of metric spaces.

Keywords: Completion theorem, metric space, complete space, Zorn's lemma.

UDC: 515.124

MSC: 54E50, 54A20, 06A06

Received: 30.01.2021

Language: English

DOI: 10.14529/mmph210209



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