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DEFINITION

Banach spaces are defined as Complete Normed Vector Space s. This means that a Banach space is a Vector Space ''V'' over the Real or Complex numbers with a Norm ‖·‖ such that every Cauchy Sequence (with respect to the Metric ''d''(''x'', ''y'') = ‖''x'' − ''y''‖) in ''V'' has a Limit in ''V''. Since the norm induces a Topology on the vector space, a Banach space provides an example of a Topological Vector Space .


EXAMPLES

Throughout, let K stand for one of the Fields '''R''' or '''C'''.

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