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Proof P80 of T22

Let ε>0\varepsilon > 0 be given. There exists integers NN, N′N' such that

Hence if n≥max⁡(N,N′)n \geq \max(N, N'), we have

d(p,p′)≤d(p,pn)+d(pn,p′)<ε  .d(p,p') \leq d(p,p_n) + d(p_n,p') < \varepsilon \; .

Since ε\varepsilon was arbitrary, we conclude that d(p,p′)=0d(p,p') = 0.