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Proof of <strong>Baire</strong>’s <strong>category</strong> <strong>theorem</strong> - continued<br />

Finally the completion of the proof in the case of a complete metric<br />

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As above B0 ⊇ B1 ⊇ B2 ⊇ B3 ⊇ ... and ∞ k=1 Bk ⊆ ∞ k=0 Vk ∩B0.<br />

It remains therefore only to show that ∞ k=1 Bk = ∅.<br />

Choose xk ∈ Bk. We claim that {xk} ∞ k=1 is a Cauchy sequence in S.<br />

To see this, let ǫ > 0 be given. Choose N so large that 1<br />

N ≤ ǫ.<br />

Let n,m ≥ N. <strong>The</strong>n xn,xm ∈ BN, and hence d (xn,xm) ≤ 1<br />

N ≤ ǫ.<br />

Klaus Thomsen <strong>1.</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Baire</strong> <strong>category</strong> <strong>theorem</strong>

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