Sequence & Series of functions

November 8, 2015
1. Determine the limit and the nature of convergence (pointwise or uniform) of the sequence (fn ) where fn (x) is given by
(a) nxn , x (0, 1);

(b)

n
,
nx+1

x (0, ); (c) sin(xn ), x (0, 1)

(d) (1 + nx )n , x R; (e) For n 2 and x [0, 1] define


1
1 n|x n1 |, |x n1 | 2n
fn (x) =
0, otherwise
2. P
Discuss the nature of convergence (pointwise or uniform) of the series
fn , where fn (x) is given by:
(a)

1
x2 +n2

, b) (1)n ( x n+n
(c) n2 sin(nx), (d) sin( nx2 )
2 ),

3. Let fn be a sequence defined on A R. Prove or disprove the following

statements:
(a) If each fn is continuous, (fn ) converges uniformly on A to f , and
(xn ) is a sequence in A such that (xn ) converges to some x in A
then fn (xn ) f (x).
(b) If each fn is bounded and (fn ) converges uniformly on A then (fn )
is uniformly bounded.
(c) If each fn is bounded and (fn ) is pointwise bounded then (fn ) is
uniformly bounded.
(d) If each fn is uniformly continuous and (fn ) converges uniformly
to f on A then f is uniformly continuous on A.
(e) If each fn is differentiable and (fn0 ) converges uniformly on A then
(fn ) converges uniformly on A.
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(f) If g : R R be uniformly continuous and if (fn ) converges uniformly on A then (g fn ) and (gfn ) converge uniformly.
4. For a bounded interval [a, b] we let
C[a, b] = {f : [a, b] R, f is continuous}
C 1 [a, b] = {f : [a, b] R, f is continuously differentiable}
and for f, g C[a, b] we define d(f, g) = supx[a,b] |f (x) g(x)|.
(a) Show that d is a metric and C[a, b] is complete with respect to d.
(b) Is C 1 [a, b] complete with respect to d?
(c) For f, g C 0 [a, b] define d1 (f, g) = sup |f 0 (x) g 0 (x)|. Is C 1 [a, b]
x[a,b]

complete with respect to the metric d1 ?

(d) Show that C 1 [a, b] is complete with respect to d + d1
(e) Show that a bounded set in (C 1 [a, b], d + d1 ) is compact in C[a, b].
5. The series

an (x c)n is called a power series around c, where

n=0
1

an , c are in R for n = 0, 1, 2 . . . . If the sequence (|an |) n is bounded,

1
set = lim sup(|an |) n , if this sequence is unbounded set = +. The

X
an (x c)n is defined by
radius of convergence of
n=0

(
R :=

0
1

if = ,
if 0 < < ,
if = 0.

The interval of convergence is the open interval (R, R)

P
(a) If R is the radius of P
convergence of the power series
an xn , the
n
show that the series
an x converges absolutely for |x| < R and
diverges for |x| > R,
(b) Is the series converges uniformly on (R, +R)?
!

X
P
d
n1
(c) Is dx
an x n =
on (R, R)?
n=1 nan x
n=0

(d) Determine the interval of convergence of the series

an is given by
n+1
n
i) n1n ,
ii) 2n
(iii) nn!
(iv) (1)n
2

an xn , where