Cauchy Sequences--is the floor function of a Cauchy sequence also a Cauchy sequence?

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Okay so say you have some Cauchy sequence (a_n). And c_n=[[a_n]], where [[x]] refers to the greatest integer less than or equal to x.

Is c_n also a Cauchy sequence?

This is what I've got so far, not much cause this is really stumping me:

+I know that a_n converges to some real number, say a.

+I was considering a_n=1-(1/n). That gives c_n={0,0,0,0,....}. Is a sequence of all one constant integer a Cauchy sequence?

+If I can't prove that c_n is a Cauchy sequence I need to show a counterexample.

+I can't figure out how to use the Cauchy sequence definition in this problem, not sure if that's the right way to go about it or not.

Thank you for your time!

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HINT: Consider the sequence $\langle x_n:n\in\Bbb N\rangle$ defined by

$$x_n=\begin{cases} 0,&\text{if }n\text{ is even}\\ -\frac1n,&\text{if }n\text{ is odd}\;. \end{cases}$$