Paper 4, Section II, I

Linear Analysis | Part II, 2020

(a) For KK a compact Hausdorff space, what does it mean to say that a set S⊂C(K)S \subset C(K) is equicontinuous. State and prove the Arzelà-Ascoli theorem.

(b) Suppose KK is a compact Hausdorff space for which C(K)C(K) is a countable union of equicontinuous sets. Prove that KK is finite.

(c) Let F:Rn→RnF: \mathbb{R}^{n} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{n} be a bounded, continuous function and let x0∈Rnx_{0} \in \mathbb{R}^{n}. Consider the problem of finding a differentiable function x:[0,1]→Rnx:[0,1] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{n} with

x(0)=x0 and x′(t)=F(x(t))x(0)=x_{0} \quad \text { and } \quad x^{\prime}(t)=F(x(t))

for all t∈[0,1]t \in[0,1]. For each k=1,2,3,…k=1,2,3, \ldots, let xk:[0,1]→Rnx_{k}:[0,1] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{n} be defined by setting xk(0)=x0x_{k}(0)=x_{0} and

xk(t)=x0+∫0tF(yk(s))dsx_{k}(t)=x_{0}+\int_{0}^{t} F\left(y_{k}(s)\right) d s

for t∈[0,1]t \in[0,1], where

yk(t)=xk(jk)y_{k}(t)=x_{k}\left(\frac{j}{k}\right)

for t∈(jk,j+1k]t \in\left(\frac{j}{k}, \frac{j+1}{k}\right] and j∈{0,1,…,k−1}j \in\{0,1, \ldots, k-1\}.

(i) Verify that xkx_{k} is well-defined and continuous on [0,1][0,1] for each kk.

(ii) Prove that there exists a differentiable function x:[0,1]→Rnx:[0,1] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{n} solving (*) for t∈[0,1]t \in[0,1].

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