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with the property (1) and (2) , which is possible since is a well-ordered set. Then .

A point in the above intersection is called a cluster point. Thus, for first countable spaces, the definition of a sequentially compact space is the same as saying that each sequence in the space has a cluster point.

If a space is a metric space, then it is sequentially compact if and only if it is compact

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