Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2021/iii/paper-202/1/a/solution

Let be the total variation of on . The Jordan decomposition of a function of bounded variation is
For , the inequality shows that both increments are nonnegative, so are nondecreasing and . Right-continuity of the finite variation function implies right-continuity of , and hence of .

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