What does it mean for a closed set to contain a sequence?

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In vector analysis the closedness of a set can be defined as

A set A is closed, iff for each convergent sequence $x_k \in A$, the limit point $a$ of the sequence $x_k$ also belongs to A.

What does it mean for a set to contain "all convergent sequences $x_k \in A$"? Why is there the wording "for each convergent sequence $x_k \in A$"?

Can one actually list "all convergent sequences $x_k \in A$"?

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It means that you consider all sequences $x_n$ that are convergent [in the underlying vector space] so that all of its elements $x_n$ lie in $A$.

For example, the set $A = (0, 1)$ is not closed in $\mathbb{R}$, because the sequence $x_n = \frac{1}{n}$ is convergent [in $\mathbb{R}$], but its limit $0$ isn't contained in $A$.