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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 ib Paper 1 11G i Solution by
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A real function on a metric space is uniformly continuous if for every there is a such that, simultaneously for all , implies . For a continuous function on a finite closed interval , suppose this fails. Then there are and pairs with but . By compactness, some subsequence converges to ; then too. Continuity contradicts the image separation. This proves the Heine-Cantor theorem in this setting. Boundedness of the interval matters: on is a counterexample if “closed interval” includes unbounded intervals.
A function is Lipschitz continuous if some finite satisfies for every pair. Choosing proves uniform continuity.
The first assertion is false. Take , which is bounded and continuous, andThen , , while . This violates uniform continuity.
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