Lemma 2.1: For functions f, g : X → ℝ and their direct sum
(f, g) : X → ℝ × ℝ with the Euclidean metric: (a) for any x0, f and g
are both continuous at x0 iff (f, g) is continuous at x0; (b) f and
g are both continuous iff (f, g) is continuous.
Lemma 2.2: The functions +, -, ·, max, and min on ℝ × ℝ are
continuous; the division function (x,y) ↦ x / y is continuous on
ℝ × (ℝ \ {0}); and for each c : ℝ, the function m_c(x) = c * x is
continuous.
Helper for Theorem 2.4: continuity of constant multiplication at a point.
Helper for Theorem 2.4: continuity of constant multiplication.
Helper for Theorem 2.4: continuity of division under a global nonvanishing.
Theorem 2.4: (a) If f and g are continuous at x0, then f + g,
f - g, f g, max f g, min f g, and c f are continuous at x0, and if
g(x) ≠ 0 for all x, then f/g is continuous at x0. (b) If f and g
are continuous, then the same operations are continuous, and if g(x) ≠ 0 for
all x, then f/g is continuous.
Proposition 2.6: If f : X → ℝ is continuous on a metric space, then the
function |f| defined by |f| (x) = |f x| is continuous on X.
Proposition 2.7: The coordinate projections π₁, π₂ : ℝ × ℝ → ℝ are
continuous, and if (X, d) is a metric space with f : ℝ → X continuous,
then g₁(x,y) = f x and g₂(x,y) = f y are continuous.
Helper for Proposition 2.8: continuity of the finite double sum defining P.
Helper for Proposition 2.8: continuity after composing with a pair of continuous maps.
Proposition 2.8: For integers n, m ≥ 0 and coefficients c_{ij} ∈ ℝ,
define P(x,y) = ∑_{i=0}^n ∑_{j=0}^m c_{ij} x^i y^j. Then P is continuous
on ℝ × ℝ. Moreover, for any metric space X and continuous f, g : X → ℝ,
the map x ↦ P (f x, g x) is continuous.
Helper for Proposition 2.9: continuity of the pairing map into a product.
Proposition 2.9: If X is a topological space and f : X → ℝ^m,
g : X → ℝ^n are continuous (with the Euclidean topologies), then the map
x ↦ (f x, g x) into ℝ^m × ℝ^n ≃ ℝ^{m+n} is continuous.
Helper for Proposition 2.10: continuity of a monomial on ℝ^k.
Helper for Proposition 2.10: continuity of a weighted monomial term.
Proposition 2.10: Let k ≥ 1, let I ⊆ ℕ^k be finite, let c : I → ℝ,
and define P : ℝ^k → ℝ by
P(x_1, ..., x_k) = ∑_{(i_1, ..., i_k) ∈ I} c(i_1, ..., i_k) * x_1^{i_1} * ... * x_k^{i_k}.
Then P is continuous on ℝ^k (with the Euclidean topology).
Sum distance on a product of metric spaces:
d((x,y),(x',y')) = dist x x' + dist y y'.
Equations
- prodSumDist X Y p q = dist p.1 q.1 + dist p.2 q.2
Instances For
Helper for Proposition 2.11: sum distance vanishes on identical points.
Helper for Proposition 2.11: sum distance is symmetric.
Helper for Proposition 2.11: sum distance satisfies the triangle inequality.
Helper for Proposition 2.11: zero sum distance implies equality.
Proposition 2.11: For metric spaces (X, d_X) and (Y, d_Y), the function
d_{X×Y}((x,y),(x',y')) = d_X(x,x') + d_Y(y,y') is a metric on X × Y, hence
(X × Y, d_{X×Y}) is a metric space.
Helper for Proposition 2.12: outer limsup (inner y) tends to f (x0,y0).
Helper for Proposition 2.12: outer liminf (inner y) tends to f (x0,y0).
Helper for Proposition 2.12: a nhds-limit forces the point value in a T1 space.
Helper for Proposition 2.12: identify section limits at the point.
Proposition 2.12: If f : ℝ × ℝ → ℝ is continuous at (x0, y0), then
lim_{x→x0} limsup_{y→y0} f(x, y) = lim_{y→y0} limsup_{x→x0} f(x, y) = f(x0, y0)
and
lim_{x→x0} liminf_{y→y0} f(x, y) = lim_{y→y0} liminf_{x→x0} f(x, y) = f(x0, y0).
In particular, if both iterated limits exist, then
lim_{x→x0} lim_{y→y0} f(x, y) = lim_{y→y0} lim_{x→x0} f(x, y).
Proposition 2.13: A jointly continuous function f : ℝ × ℝ → ℝ is
continuous in each variable separately; for each x, the map y ↦ f (x, y)
is continuous, and for each y, the map x ↦ f (x, y) is continuous.
Helper for Proposition 2.14: the y-section at x = 0 is identically zero.
Helper for Proposition 2.14: the x-section at y = 0 is identically zero.
Proposition 2.14: For the function f : ℝ × ℝ → ℝ defined by
f(x,y) = xy / (x^2 + y^2) for (x,y) ≠ (0,0) and f(0,0) = 0,
(i) for each fixed x, the map y ↦ f(x,y) is continuous on ℝ;
(ii) for each fixed y, the map x ↦ f(x,y) is continuous on ℝ.