Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2009/ii/paper-3/21h/c/solution

Set . These are nonnegative continuous functions, decrease pointwise, and converge pointwise to zero. For , the open sets increase and cover . A finite subcover exists by compactness; because the sets are increasing, one already covers . Hence for every and every , and . Therefore . This is Dini's theorem; continuity of the limit is essential to the openness used in the proof.

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