Bourbaki

Proposition 10

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General Topology, chapter II, § 3. Complete spaces

Every product of complete uniform spaces is complete. Conversely, if a product of non-empty uniform spaces is complete, then each of the factors is a complete uniform space.

The first assertion is a consequence of the characterization of Cauchy filters and convergent filters on a product space (no. 1, Corollary 2 to Proposition 4 and Chapter I, § 7, no. 6, Corollary 1 to Proposition 10). Conversely, suppose

X=∏i∈IXi X = \prod_{i \in I} X_i

is complete (the XiX_i being non-empty) and let Fx\mathfrak{F}_x be a Cauchy filter on XxX_x. For each i≠xi \neq x let Fi\mathfrak{F}_i be a Cauchy filter on XiX_i, and consider the product filter (Chapter I, § 6, no. 7)

F=∏i∈IFi on X; \mathfrak{F} = \prod_{i \in I} \mathfrak{F}_i \text{ on } X;

F\mathfrak{F} is a Cauchy filter (no. 1, Corollary 2 to Proposition 4), hence is convergent, and therefore so is each pr⁡xF=Fx\operatorname{pr}_x \mathfrak{F} = \mathfrak{F}_x (Chapter I, § 7, no. 6, Corollary 1 to Proposition 10).

Bourbaki puts the proof directly after the statement, so what is above is the statement and its proof together.

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