1.II.10A

Analysis II | Part IB, 2001

Show that each of the functions below is a metric on the set of functions x(t)∈x(t) \in C[a,b]C[a, b] :

d1(x,y)=sup⁡t∈[a,b]∣x(t)−y(t)∣d2(x,y)={∫ab∣x(t)−y(t)∣2dt}1/2\begin{gathered} d_{1}(x, y)=\sup _{t \in[a, b]}|x(t)-y(t)| \\ d_{2}(x, y)=\left\{\int_{a}^{b}|x(t)-y(t)|^{2} d t\right\}^{1 / 2} \end{gathered}

Is the space complete in the d1d_{1} metric? Justify your answer.

Show that the set of functions

xn(t)={0,−1⩽t<0nt,0⩽t<1/n1,1/n⩽t⩽1x_{n}(t)= \begin{cases}0, & -1 \leqslant t<0 \\ n t, & 0 \leqslant t<1 / n \\ 1, & 1 / n \leqslant t \leqslant 1\end{cases}

is a Cauchy sequence with respect to the d2d_{2} metric on C[−1,1]C[-1,1], yet does not tend to a limit in the d2d_{2} metric in this space. Hence, deduce that this space is not complete in the d2d_{2} metric.

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