Let {uk} be a sequence in Rn and let u be a point in Rn. Suppose that for every v in Rn, limk→∞⟨uk,v⟩=⟨u,v⟩.
Prove that {uk} converges to u.
Using the Triangle Inequality I get
dist(u,v)≤dist(u,uk)+dist(uk,v), ∀k∴dist(u,v)≤limk→∞[dist(u,uk)+dist(uk,v)]
and
limk→∞dist(u,uk)=0
because {uk} →u.
But I don't know what to do next.
Answer
Since you are working on Rn with the standard scalar product (I suppose?), you can just insert the i-th standard-basis vector ei for v. Then your equation reads
limk→∞(vk)i=vi
(the upper index i denotes the i-th component). This already implies that uk converges to u since a series of vectors converges if and only if all components converge.
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