[Cau.chy sequence] n [Augustin-Louis Cauchy d. 1857 Fr. mathematician] (ca. 1949): 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
CAUCHY SEQUENCE
Meaning of CAUCHY SEQUENCE in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012