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Dick said:
Hmm. Ok, ##a=(a_1,a_2,a_3,...)##, a sequence that converges to 0. How about if you define ##u_k=(a_1,a_2,...,a_k,0,0,0,...)##? What is the limit of the sequence ##u_k##?

it will converges to ##a##, i think i found some kind of proof now.

let ##a = (a_1,a_2,a_3,a_k..)## be a zeroconvergent sequence.
then for all ##n,m > N , d(a_n, a_m)<\epsilon##, for some ##N## then
let ##n## be ##n+1## and ##m## be ##n+a## s.t ##d(a_{n+1}, a_{n+a})<\epsilon.##

then the sequence of sequences ##L = (a_1,a_2,...,a_k,0,0,0,...)## for k=1 to infinity in ##\ell## would converge to ##a##
because ##d(L_n , L_{n+a}) = sup|L_n - L_{n+a}|## which all the elements up to and including ##L_n## turns zero and you end up with the supremum of the difference, ##L_{n+1}## must be the supremum, since its a decreasing sequence.
since ##L_{n+1}## is the ##a_{n+1}## of the sequence ##a##, and ## L_{n+a} = a_{n+a} ## then
##d(L_{n+1} , L_{n+a}) < \epsilon##. for all ##n>N##
 
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Perelman said:
it will converges to ##a##, i think i found some kind of proof now.

let ##a = (a_1,a_2,a_3,a_k..)## be a zeroconvergent sequence.
then for all ##n,m > N , d(a_n, a_m)<\epsilon##, for some ##N## then
let ##n## be ##n+1## and ##m## be ##n+a## s.t ##d(a_{n+1}, a_{n+a})<\epsilon.##

then the sequence of sequences ##L = (a_1,a_2,...,a_k,0,0,0,...)## for k=1 to infinity in ##\ell## would converge to ##a##
because ##d(L_n , L_{n+a}) = sup|L_n - L_{n+a}|## which all the elements up to and including ##L_n## turns zero and you end up with the supremum of the difference, ##L_{n+1}## must be the supremum, since its a decreasing sequence.
since ##L_{n+1}## is the ##a_{n+1}## of the sequence ##a##, and ## L_{n+a} = a_{n+a} ## then
##d(L_{n+1} , L_{n+a}) < \epsilon##. for all ##n>N##

It doesn't say that the sequence ##a## is decreasing, it just says that it converges to zero. I think you've got the right idea but your notation is pretty confusing. If you want to set ##L_k = (a_1,a_2,...,a_k,0,0,0,...)## then you want to prove that the sequence ##(L_1,L_2,L_3,...)## converges to ##a##. So for all ##\epsilon \gt 0## there exists an ##N## such that for all ##n \gt N## that ##d(L_n,a) \lt \epsilon##. Can you try to state a proof of that a bit more clearly?
 
Dick said:
It doesn't say that the sequence ##a## is decreasing, it just says that it converges to zero. I think you've got the right idea but your notation is pretty confusing. If you want to set ##L_k = (a_1,a_2,...,a_k,0,0,0,...)## then you want to prove that the sequence ##(L_1,L_2,L_3,...)## converges to ##a##. So for all ##\epsilon \gt 0## there exists an ##N## such that for all ##n \gt N## that ##d(L_n,a) \lt \epsilon##. Can you try to state a proof of that a bit more clearly?
let ##a = (a_1,a_2,a_3,a_k..)## be a zero-convergent sequence.
then the sequence of sequences ##L_n = (a_1,a_2,...,a_n,0,0,0,...)## for n=1 to infinity in ##\ell## would converge to ##a##
because ##d(L_n , a) = sup|L_n - a|##, all the elements up to and including ##a_n## turns to zero, therfor ##d(L_n , a) = sup|(a_{n+1}, a_{n+2}...)|##
since for all ##n>N, d(a_n,0) < \epsilon## for some N then
##d(L_n , a) = sup|(a_{n+1}, a_{n+2}...)| < \epsilon## , for all ##n>N## for some N
 
Perelman said:
let ##a = (a_1,a_2,a_3,a_k..)## be a zero-convergent sequence.
then the sequence of sequences ##L_n = (a_1,a_2,...,a_n,0,0,0,...)## for n=1 to infinity in ##\ell## would converge to ##a##
because ##d(L_n , a) = sup|L_n - a|##, all the elements up to and including ##a_n## turns to zero, therfor ##d(L_n , a) = sup|(a_{n+1}, a_{n+2}...)|##
since for all ##n>N, d(a_n,0) < \epsilon## for some N then
##d(L_n , a) = sup|(a_{n+1}, a_{n+2}...)| < \epsilon## , for all ##n>N## for some N

Better. You should mention why there exists such an N. It's because ##a## converges to zero, right? Spelling out more reasons makes for a more readable proof.
 
Dick said:
Better. You should mention why there exists such an N. It's because ##a## converges to zero, right? Spelling out more reasons makes for a more readable proof.

okay ill add that in in my paper. but is this the whole proof or do i also need the other things? since now ##c_0## could just be a boundary around ##\ell## but i guess that's also counted as ##\ell## being dense. maybe i also need to add proof that ##\ell \subset c_0##
 
Perelman said:
okay ill add that in in my paper. but is this the whole proof or do i also need the other things? since now ##c_0## could just be a boundary around ##\ell## but i guess that's also counted as ##\ell## being dense. maybe i also need to add proof that ##\ell \subset c_0##

I think you've done all you need to do. But if you aren't convinced of that you should do more to convince yourself.
 
Dick said:
I think you've done all you need to do. But if you aren't convinced of that you should do more to convince yourself.

but i mean we did three things

everything from ##\ell## is in ##c_0##
all seqeunce in ##\ell## converger in ##c_0##
and all "points" in ##c_0## has a seqeunce in ##\ell## that converge to it

so its all those together right?. also thanks a lot for your help :)
 
Sort of, we didn't prove all sequences in ##\ell## converge. We proved that if a sequence in ##\ell## converges, then it converges to a limit in ##c_0##. You're welcome!