I'm reading 'Counterexamples in analysis by Bernard Gelbaum' which has this as one the counterexample
Function is defined on Q∩[0,2] which is closed and bounded set
f(x)={0,if 0 ≤ x < √2 1,if √2 < x ≤2
I concluded that it is a continuous function since co-domain is {0,1} and f−1 {0} and f−1{1} are closed in Q∩[0,2] ( i. e. inverse image of closed sets is closed and hence f is continuous )
but I'm facing trouble in proving that it is not uniformly continuous. Please help.
Also author mentioned that field Q is not complete and hence we can have such example . If possible then please explain this point also.
Answer
Well some minute points regarding continuity of f:
You also need to verify that inverse image of all the opens sets viz.{{0},{1},{0,1},∅} are all open .
Regarding uniform continuity of f:
Since Q is dense ,there exists a sequence xn∈[0,√2]∩Q such that xn→√2⟹|xn−√2|<1n∀n.
Similarly since Q is dense ,there exists a sequence yn∈[√2,2]∩Q such that yn→√2⟹|√2−yn|<1n∀n.
Hence |xn−yn|≤|xn−√2|+|√2−yn|≤1n∀n but |f(xn)−f(yn)|=1.
NOTE:Since Q is not complete hence it has gaps and always such an example is available
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