Exercise · ZW-SEQUENTIAL-COMPACTNESS-METRIC-SPACES-005 · ★☆☆ Basic

Which of these subsets of \(\mathbb{R}^2\), with the Euclidean distance, is sequentially compact?

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  • C. \(\{x^2+y^2\le1\}\)

Explanation

The closed disk is closed and bounded, hence compact by Heine-Borel and sequentially compact. The open disk misses its boundary limits, while the hyperbola and the half-plane are unbounded.

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Review the concept: Sequential compactness

A metric space \(X\) is sequentially compact if every sequence \((x_n)\) in \(X\) has a subsequence \((x_{n_k})\) converging to a point \(x\in X\).

\[\forall (x_n)\subseteq X\ \ \exists\, n_1

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