Mathematics 315 Assignment 1

Due Fri 14 Jan 2011 1. Let X be a subset of a metric space S and a an accumulation point of X . Let f, g : X R. (a) Then, limxa f (x) = + i limxa f (x) = . (b) If limxa f (x) = + and limxa g(x) = p > 0, then limxa (fg)(x) = +. (c) Deduce from (a) and (b): If limxa f (x) = + and limxa g(x) = q < 0, then limxa (fg)(x) = . 2. Let arccos (as usual) denote the inverse of the restriction of cos to the interval [0, ]. Prove that arccos : [1, 1] R and arccos is strictly monotone and continuous on [1, 1] and dierentiable in (1, 1), obtaining the usual formula for arccos (y). 3. Let I be an interval of the reals, with endpoints a, b, with a < b. Let f : I R. Let f be dierentiable on I , with f = 0, except at points a0 < a1 < < an . Prove that on each interval (ai1 , ai ), f is either strictly increasing or strictly decreasing, and that only one point ti (ai1 , ai ) is needed to decide which. 4. Give an example of a function f , dened on an interval I of R that has a minimum at the point p, dierentiable there, but is discontinuous everywhere else in I . 5. Prove that each of these functions is uniformly continuous on the given set by directly verifying the denition. (a) f : [1, 2] R, dened by f (x) = x4 . (b) f : [t, ) R, dened by f (x) = The following need not be handed in. (c) f : R R, dened by f (x) =
1 |x|+1 1 x3 ;

here t is a xed positive number.

6. Prove the sequential criterion for uniform continuity: for f : X Y , f is uniformly continuous if and only if, for each pair of sequences (xn ) and (xn ) in X with d(xn , xn ) 0, d(f (xn ), f (xn )) 0.

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