Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 202 1 b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Refine a dyadic partition by inserting and . The triangle inequality shows that its variation over is at least . Passing to the defining limit givesConsequently the càdlàg functionsare nondecreasing: for , the displayed inequality makes both increments nonnegative. Thus they are distribution functions in the Stieltjes sense and ; this is the Jordan decomposition of a function of bounded variation.
Now , so is countable by part (a). For any finite subset , partitions isolating its points and the triangle inequality giveTaking the supremum over finite proves .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 202 1 c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Apply part (a)'s square formula, extended by the Jordan decomposition of a function of bounded variation from nondecreasing functions to arbitrary càdlàg functions of bounded variation, to , , and . Sincelinearity of the Lebesgue-Stieltjes integral leaves . At each time , polarization of the jump correction givesOnly common jump times contribute, and hence