Find a sequence in $\ell^p(\mathbb R)$ such that each component converges to zero but the sequence itself does not converge in $\ell^p(\mathbb R)$

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Find a sequence in $\ell^p(\mathbb R)$, $1\leq p\leq\infty$ such that each component converges to zero but the sequence itself does not converge in $\ell^p(\mathbb R)$, where $\ell^p$ consists of real sequences $x_k$ with $(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\lvert x_k\rvert^p)<\infty$.

I'm struggling to understand exactly what this question is asking. I think it's asking me to find a sequence of sequences, $x_k^{(n)}$ that each converge to zero as $k\to\infty$ but has no limit in $\ell^p(\mathbb R)$ as $n\to\infty$. I'm also not sure whether it wants me to find a sequence so that this holds for all $p$.

I tried the sequence of sequences

$x^1=(1,0,0,0,…)\\x^2=(1,2,0,0,0,…)\\x^3=(1,2,3,0,0,0,…)$

where each $x^{(n)}\in\ell^p(\mathbb R)$ for each $n$ and all $1\leq p\leq \infty$, and each sequence tends to zero, but as $n\to\infty$ the limit is not in $\ell^p(\mathbb R)$. Have I interpreted the question correctly and if I have does this make any sense?

Best Answer

The classic "mass running to $\infty$" example:

$$x^{(1)} = (1, 0, 0, 0, \ldots)$$ $$x^{(2)} = (0, 1, 0, 0, \ldots)$$ $$x^{(3)} = (0, 0, 1, 0, \ldots)$$ $$x^{(4)} = (0, 0, 0, 1, \ldots)$$ and so on... Every fixed component is eventually constant $0$, so each component converges, but the sequence does not converge in $\ell^p$ for any $p \in [1, \infty]$.

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