Is W Closed in the Space C[-Pi, Pi]?

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Homework Statement


W is a subset of C[-Pi,Pi] consisting of all finite linear combinations:
1,cos(nx),sin(nx)
i) Show that W is a subspace of C[-Pi,Pi]
ii) Is W closed in C[-Pi,Pi]. Hint from Fourier analysis: For x in [-Pi,Pi]:
|x^2-(\dfrac{\pi^2}{3}+4\sum\limits_{n=1}^N\dfrac{(-1)^{n}\cos(nx)}{n^2})|\leq 4\sum\limits_{n=N+1}^{\infty} \dfrac{1}{n^2}

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C[-Pi,Pi] could be equipped with a norm
Lemma: W is closed <=> For any convergent sequence \{ v_k \}_{k=1}^\infty of elements in W the V = limit (vk) for k->infinity also belongs to W.

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I have shown that W is a subspace by realising that linearcombinations of sines cosines and 1's are also in C[-Pi,Pi].
ii)
I concluded as sum(1/n^2) is convergent and the left hand side is less than or equal(also convergent) to for x in [-Pi,Pi], then V is closed in C[-Pi,Pi]
 
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1) looks reasonable

2) I'm not too sure I understand your argument or the hint...

As a thought exercise how about taking your sequence of functions as the Fourier approximations to the heaviside function
 
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