Friday, September 11, 2015

real analysis - Show that the following function is continuous


Let $ f : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} $ be a function which takes a convergent sequence and gives us a convergent sequence.



Show that $f$ is continuous.


So I saw a proof for this but I don't get it.


proof


We show that for all convergent sequences $a_n$ with limit $a$ it holds that $ \lim_{ n \rightarrow \infty } f(a_n) = f(a)$. Let $a_n$ be convergent with limit $a$. define $ b_n :=a_{\frac{n}{2}} $ if $n$ even and $ b_n := a $ if $n$ odd.


Now the unclear part


The following first equation is unclear:


And the last part with "it follows that" is unclear:


$ \lim_{ n \rightarrow \infty } f(b_n) = \lim_{ n \rightarrow \infty } f(b_{2n+1} ) = \lim_{ n \rightarrow \infty } f(a) = f(a) $. It follow that $ \lim_{ n \rightarrow \infty } f(a_n) = a. $


Answer



The sequence $\bigl(f(b_{2n+1})\bigr)_{n\in\mathbb N}$ is a subsequence of the sequence $\bigl(f(b_n)\bigr)_{n\in\mathbb N}$ and therefore, since the limit $\lim_{n\in\mathbb N}f(b_n)$ exists, you have$$\lim_{n\in\mathbb N}f(b_n)=\lim_{n\in\mathbb N}f(b_{2n+1}).$$So, the limit $\lim_{n\in\mathbb N}f(b_{2n})$ also exists, but $b_{2n}=a_n$ and therefore $\lim_{n\to\infty}f(a_n)$ exists (and it is equal to $f(a)$).



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