Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2008/ib/paper-4/3f/solution

Both functionals are finite on : a continuous function on the compact metric space is bounded and integrable. Homogeneity follows from , and the triangle inequality follows by integrating, or taking the supremum of, . Each is nonnegative. If , then vanishes everywhere. If a continuous function is nonzero at some point, continuity supplies an interval of positive length on which is bounded below by a positive number; hence . Thus both are norms.
For the nonnegative , direct integration gives the L1 norm
Therefore . On the other hand, differentiation places the maximum of at , giving the supremum norm
For , exponential decay implies , while . Thus the pointwise convergence is to zero throughout . Any convergence in the supremum norm would imply uniform convergence, hence the same pointwise limit zero, contradicting the displayed positive limiting norm. Therefore there is no convergence in the supremum norm.

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