Lebl-Basic-Analysis-I · Problem 7.3.8

Metric Spaces

Mathematics · sequences-and-convergence

Problem

(Tricky) Suppose {Un}n=1∞\{U_n\}_{n=1}^\infty is a decreasing (Un+1⊂UnU_{n+1} \subset U_n for all nn) sequence of open sets in a metric space (X,d)(X, d) such that ⋂n=1∞Un={p}\bigcap_{n=1}^\infty U_n = \{p\} for some p∈Xp \in X. Suppose {xn}n=1∞\{x_n\}_{n=1}^\infty is a sequence of points in XX such that xn∈Unx_n \in U_n. Does {xn}n=1∞\{x_n\}_{n=1}^\infty necessarily converge to pp? Prove or construct a counterexample.

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