First Known Use: circa 1949
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Cauchy sequence
noun Cau·chy sequence \kō-ˈshē-, ˈkō-shē-\
Definition of CAUCHY SEQUENCE
: a sequence of elements in a metric space such that for any positive number no matter how small there exists a term in the sequence for which the distance between any two terms beyond this term is less than the arbitrarily small number
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Origin of CAUCHY SEQUENCE
Augustin-Louis Cauchy †1857 French mathematician
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