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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2015 Prelims Mathematics II 4 b ii Solution by
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TakeBoth functions have values in . The reverse triangle inequality gives , so is Lipschitz continuous and hence has uniform continuity.
For and , the distances satisfy , whereasIn particular tolerance defeats every proposed : choose with . Thus does not have uniform continuity on .
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For any , rationalizing the difference of square roots givessince . Given , use uniform continuity of with tolerance to obtain . Whenever , the displayed estimate yields . Thus has uniform continuity on . The square root function is in fact Lipschitz continuous with constant on .
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Suppose the continuous function did not have uniform continuity on . Negating its definition gives such that for every there are withThe Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem, which states that every bounded sequence of real numbers has a convergent subsequence, gives . The inequalities imply . By the triangle inequality,Since continuous functions preserve convergent sequences, both and tend to . Their difference therefore tends to zero, contradicting its absolute value being at least . This proves the Heine-Cantor theorem in the required setting: has uniform continuity on .
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A function is continuous on if it is continuous at every , meaningThe function has uniform continuity on whenFor continuity, may depend on both and . For uniform continuity, one must work for every pair of points in .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2015 Prelims Mathematics II 3 c ii Solution by
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Use the ceiling function to choose positive integer coefficientsBecause , we have andFor , the comparison test for series with the geometric series givesFor , we instead have , so the terms do not tend to zero. Thus the power series has radius of convergence exactly .
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All three examples below have positive integer coefficients, so they work under either convention for whether .
For , take . This is the geometric series: it converges for , and its terms fail to tend to zero for .
For , take , using the factorial and . For every fixed , the absolute values of successive terms have ratio . This eventually exceeds two, so the terms grow without bound and the series cannot converge. At it is finite, giving radius of convergence zero.
For , takeusing the floor function. The coefficients satisfyThe upper bound and the comparison test for series give absolute convergence when . The lower bound prevents the terms tending to zero when . Hence the radius of convergence is exactly .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2015 Prelims Mathematics II 3 b iii Solution by
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If , there is no with , so the claim is vacuous. Suppose . Convergence of implies , because terms of a convergent series tend to zero. In particular this is a bounded sequence, so for some finite and every .
For , put . ThenThe geometric series and comparison test for series proveThus convergence at one point gives absolute convergence at every point strictly closer to the centre.
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The comparison test for series states that, for eventually, convergence of implies convergence of . Equivalently, divergence of implies divergence of .
For , the coefficient bound givesby the geometric series formula and the comparison test for series. The single term does not affect convergence. For ,so the terms do not tend to zero. The fact that terms of a convergent series tend to zero excludes convergence there. Thus
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The radius of convergence of a power series is the number such that the series has absolute convergence for and diverges for . Equivalently,Use , including at . The supremum may be . There is no general conclusion at : boundary convergence depends on the coefficients. If , only the centre is guaranteed; if , every finite lies inside the disk of convergence.
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The finite geometric series identity, obtained by subtracting times the sum from the sum itself, givesFor , the geometric sequence tends to zero by Question 2(a)(iii). Therefore
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Let and . If converges, it is a Cauchy sequence. Thus, for every , some makeswhere the triangle inequality gives the bound. Therefore is a Cauchy sequence in the complex numbers. These form a complete metric space, so has a finite limit of a sequence. Equivalently, apply the Cauchy criterion for series. Hence absolute convergence implies convergence.
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For a series of complex numbers, form the partial sums . The series converges when these partial sums have a finite limit of a sequence :The series has absolute convergence when converges as a series of nonnegative real numbers. A series beginning at uses the same definitions with that starting index.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2015 Prelims Mathematics II 2 b v Solution by
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False. Choose the positive sequenceIt has limit of a sequence one, but Bernoulli's inequality givesThus is not a bounded sequence.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2015 Prelims Mathematics II 2 b iii Solution by
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True. Since , there is such that for . Positivity then gives on this tail.
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False. Take the positive geometric sequence . It tends to zero, whileA positive limit of a sequence would make the claim true since would then tend to , but positivity of each individual term does not exclude a zero limit of a sequence.
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False. Take the positive sequence . Thenbut , so it has no finite limit of a sequence. Successive ratios close to one do not prevent cumulative growth.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2015 Prelims Mathematics II 2 a iv Solution by
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Given , the two assumed limits of sequences supply thresholds such that for and for . For ,Thus eventually, proving the squeeze theorem:
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Put , so . By Bernoulli's inequality, , and henceMore explicitly, for choose an integer . For , the right-hand side is less than . Thus the geometric sequence has limit of a sequence zero, either directly by the definition or by the squeeze theorem.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2015 Prelims Mathematics II 2 a ii Solution by
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Suppose . With tolerance , choose such that whenever . The triangle inequality gives for these terms. SetAn empty sum is zero. This finite satisfies for every , so every convergent sequence is a bounded sequence.
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