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Cauchy sequences require the notion of distance so they can only be defined in a Metric Space . Generalizations to more abstract Uniform Spaces exist in the form of Cauchy Filter and Cauchy Net .

They are of interest because in a Complete Space , all such sequences Converge To A Limit , and one can test for "Cauchiness" without knowing the value of the limit (if it exists), in contrast to
the Definition Of Convergence .


CAUCHY SEQUENCE OF REAL NUMBERS


A sequence

:x_1, x_2, x_3, \ldots

of Real Number s is called Cauchy, if for every Positive real number ''r'' > 0 there is a positive Integer ''N'' such that for all integers ''m'',''n'' > ''N'' one has