Negating a Universal Statement in Real Analysis

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The discussion centers on the negation of a universal statement in real analysis, specifically the expression involving Cauchy sequences. The original statement is negated to reveal that there exists an epsilon greater than zero such that for every natural number N, there exist indices n and m greater than or equal to N, and a real number x, where the difference |f_n(x) - f_m(x)| is greater than or equal to epsilon. This transformation is crucial for understanding the properties of sequences in the sup norm topology.

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I am stuck in trying to take the negation of this statement:

[tex](\forall \varepsilon>0)(\exists N \in N)(\forall n,m\geq N)(\forall x \in R [|f_n(x)-f_m(x)|< \varepsilon][/tex]

One of my thoughts was that in order to move the negation inside the brackets, all I need to do is say [tex](\exists \varepsilon \leq 0)[/tex]...and everything else remains unchanged.

However, my other thought was to somehow move the statement [tex]\varepsilon > 0[/tex] to the end of the original statement and make it: [tex](\varepsilon > 0 \Rightarrow |f_n(x)-f_m(x)|< \varepsilon)[/tex]

If you can help me in anyway, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
 
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It seems like you need something like there exists an eps >0 for which there is no N for the property (a Cauchy sequence in the sup norm topology).
 
I figured it out...here is the solution for anyone who is curious.

[tex](\exists \varepsilon>0)(\forall N \in N)(\exists n,m\geq N)(\exists x \in R [|f_n(x)-f_m(x)| \geq \varepsilon][/tex]

Thanks for the help!
 

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