Tutorial sheet
Tutorial sheet
Semester-II, 2024-2025
Tutorial Sheet 3
1. Let (X, d1 ) and (Y, d2 ) be two metric spaces. Let X × Y be endowed with the product metric. Let
(xn )n≥1 ⊆ X and (yn )n≥1 ⊆ Y be two sequences. Then show that the sequence ((xn , yn ))n≥1 ⊆
X × Y converges to (x, y) ∈ X × Y if and only if xn → x in X and yn → y in Y .
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2. Let (x(k) )k≥1 be a sequence in ℓ∞ such that x(k) = (xn )n≥1 for each k ∈ N. Suppose (x(k) )k≥1
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converges to x = (xn )n≥1 ∈ ℓ∞ as k → ∞. Then show that (xn )k≥1 converges to xn as k → ∞ for
each n. Does the converse hold?
3. Let (xn )n≥1 be a sequence in a discrete metric space. When does (xn )n≥1 converge? (Classify all
convergent sequences in a discrete metric space).
4. Let (xn )n≥1 be a sequence in a metric space (X, d). Consider the set Em := {xn : n ≥ m} ⊆ X.
Then show that (xn )n≥1 is Cauchy if and only if lim diam(Em ) = 0. (Note that diam(Em ) denotes
m→∞
diameter of the set Em ).
5. Let (X, d) be a metric space. If a Cauchy sequence (xn )n≥1 in X has a convergent subsequence then
show that the sequence (xn )n≥1 itself is convergent.
6. Let A and B be subsets of a metric space (X, d), and let f : X → R be a function. Prove or disprove
that if f is continuous on the subsets A and B both, then f is continuous on A ∪ B. If the statement
is not true in general, what modifications are necessary to make it true?
7. Let (X, d) be a metric space and X × X be endowed with the product metric. Let f : X → X be a
continuous function. Show that G := {(x, f (x)) : x ∈ X} ⊆ X × X is closed.
8. Let x = (xn )n≥1 ∈ ℓ∞ , define f : ℓ∞ → R by f (x) = xn for some fixed n ∈ N. Is f continuous?
9. Let R be endowed with the Euclidean metric and (X, d) be a metric space. Let A be a bounded
subset in R. Show that if f : R → X is a uniformly continuous function, then f (A) is a bounded
subset in X. What if we assume f to be continuous only?
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10. Let f : (0, ∞) → R be defined by f (x) := x sin . Prove that f is uniformly continuous.
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