# Math Help - Find an "interesting" Cauchy sequence.

1. ## Find an "interesting" Cauchy sequence.

For a rational number $x \neq 0,$ write it as $2^k\frac{m}{n},$ where $m$ and $n$ are integers that have no common factors, and let $|x|_{2} = 2^{-k}.$ Define $|0|_{2} = 0.$ Let $d(x,y) = |x-y|_{2}.$

Prove $d(x,z) \leq d(x,y) + d(y,z)$ for all rational $x, y, z.$

Now since $d(x,y) = d(y,x)$ and $d(x,y) \geq 0$ with equality only if $x = y.$ Write an interesting Cauchy sequence in this metric.

2. Originally Posted by cgiulz
For a rational number $x \neq 0,$ write it as $2^k\frac{m}{n},$ where $m$ and $n$ are integers that have no common factors, and let $|x|_{2} = 2^{-k}.$ Define $|0|_{2} = 0.$ Let $d(x,y) = |x-y|_{2}.$

Prove $d(x,z) \leq d(x,y) + d(y,z)$ for all rational $x, y, z.$

Now since $d(x,y) = d(y,x)$ and $d(x,y) \geq 0$ with equality only if $x = y.$ Write an interesting Cauchy sequence in this metric.

For positive integers m,n we have that m > n <==> 2^(-m) < 2^(-n) , so

|x + y|_2 <= max{|x|_2 , |y|_2} <= |x|_2 + |y|_2 and from here the

triangle inequality follows.

As for an interesting Cauchy sequence: what about the sequence

{2^n} = {2, 4, 8, 16,...} ?

Tonio