MA40043: Exercise Sheet 1

D C Sutton

1. Prove that the continuous function f : R R, x sin(x
2
) is not uniformly continuous.
Hint. Argue by contradiction.
2. Let f : [0, ) R be continuous and assume that lim
x
f(x) exists and is nite.
Prove that f is uniformly continuous.
3. Show that any function Z R is uniformly continuous.
4. Prove either uniform continuity or lack thereof for each of the following functions
f C(0, ):
(a) x f(x) = e
x
, (b) x f(x) = x
1/2
,
(c) x f(x) = e
x
, (d) x f(x) = x
1/2
.
5. Let (x
n
) be a Cauchy sequence of positive numbers and let f : (0, ) R be uniformly
continuous.
(a) Show that (f(x
n
)) is also Cauchy.
(b) What if f is merely continuous?
6. Dene f
n
: R R by
f
n
(x) :=

sin(nx)
nx
if x = 0,
1 if x = 0.
Is (f
n
) uniformly convergent?
7. Let (r
n
) be a sequence listing all the rational numbers, with each rational appearing
precisely once (the existence of such a sequence is guaranteed since Q is countable). Dene
the functions f
n
: R R by
f
n
(x) :=

1 if x = r
n
,
0 if x = r
n
.
Is (f
n
) uniformly convergent?
8. Let (f
n
) be a uniformly convergent sequence of continuous functions [a, b] R (a < b)
with limit f. Let c [a, b] and dene the sequence (F
n
) of continuous functions [a, b] R
by
F
n
(x) :=

x
c
f
n
, x [a, b], n N.
Prove that (F
n
) converges uniformly to the function F : [a, b] R, x

x
c
f .

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