Math 104: Final exam-
1. Suppose that (sn) is an increasing sequence with a convergent subsequence. Prove that (sn) is a convergent sequence.
2. (a) Let fn be functions defined on R as
fn(x) = x/n2(1 + nx2),
for all n ∈ N. By using the Weierstrass M-test, or otherwise, prove that ∑ fn converges uniformly on R.
(b) Consider the sequence of functions defined on R as
for all n ∈ N. Define Mn = sup{|gn(x)| : x ∈ R}. Prove that ∑gn converges uniformly to a limit g, but that ∑Mn diverges. Sketch g(x) for 0 ≤ x < 5.
3. Consider the sequence (sn) defined according to s1 = 1/3 and sn+1 = λsn(1 - sn) for n ∈ N, where λ is a real constant.
(a) Prove that (sn) converges for λ = 1.
(b) Prove that (sn) has a convergent subsequence for λ = 4.
(c) Prove that (sn) diverges for λ = 12.
4. A real-valued function f on a set S is defined to be Lipschitz continuous if there exists a K > 0 such that for all x, y ∈ S,
| f(x) - f(y)| ≤ K|x - y|.
(a) Prove that if f is Lipschitz continuous on S, then it is uniformly continuous on S.
(b) Consider the function f(x) = √x on the interval [0, ∞). Prove that it is uniformly continuous, but not Lipschitz continuous.
5. Consider the function defined on the closed interval [a, b] as
where a < c < b.
(a) Prove that hc is integrable on [a, b] and that a∫b hc = 0.
(b) Suppose f is integrable on [a, b], and that g is a function on [a, b] such that f(x) = g(x) except at finitely many x in (a, b). Prove that g(x) is integrable and that a∫b f = a∫b g. You can make use of basic properties of integrable functions.
6. Consider the sequence of functions hn on R defined as
(a) Sketch h1 and h2.
(b) Prove that hn converges pointwise to 0 on R.
(c) Let f be a real-valued function on R that is differentiable at x = 0. Prove that
limn→∞ -∞∫∞hn f = f'(0).
7. (a) Find an example of a set A ⊆ R where the interior Ao is non-empty, but that sup A ≠ sup Ao and inf A ≠ inf Ao.
(b) Let B1, . . . , Bn be subsets of R. Prove that
(i=1∩n Bi)o = i=1∩n Boi.
(c) Suppose that {Ci}∞i=1 is an infinite sequence of subsets of R. Prove that
(i=1∩∞ Ci)o ⊆ i=1∩∞ Coi.
but that these two sets may not be equal.
8. (a) If f is a continuous strictly increasing function on R, prove that d(x, y) = |f(x) - f(y)|
defines a metric on R.
(b) Prove that d is equivalent to the Euclidean metric dE(x, y) = |x - y|.
(c) Suppose g is a continuous strictly increasing function on [0, ∞) where g(0) = 0. Is the function
d2(x, y) = g(|x - y|)
always a metric? Either prove the result, or find a counterexample.
9. Consider the continuous function defined on R as
where c ∈ R. For this question you can assume basic properties of the exponential, such that it is continuous, differentiable, and has the Taylor series ex = k=0∑∞ xk/k!.
(a) Use L'Hopital's rule to compute limx→0 f(x) and hence determine c.
(b) Show that f is differentiable on R and compute f'.
(c) Use the above results to write down the partial Taylor series
fT(x) = k=0∑1f(k)(0)xk/k!.
Calculate the function limits limx→∞ f(x) and limx→-∞(x + f(x)) and use the results to sketch f and fT on (-10, 10).
10. Given a function f on [a, b], define the total variation of f to be
Vf = sup{k=1∑n|f(tk)-f(tk-1)|}
where the supremum is taken over all partitions P = {a = t0 < t1 < . . . < tn = b} of [a, b].
(a) Calculate Vf for the function defined on [-1, 1] as
(b) Prove that if f is differentiable on an interval [a, b] and that f' is continuous then Vf = a∫b|f'|.