Definition
A Banach space is a vector space X over the field of real numbers R or complex numbers C which is equipped with a norm and which is complete with respect to that norm. Formally, the definition of a Banach space is :
- A normed space X is said to be a Banach space if for every Cauchy sequence there exists an element x in X such that .
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