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--- math104-f21:final-mistakes [2021/12/16 00:49]
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 === 3 ===
-One need to show that $x_n$ is bounded from below; $x_n$ is monotone decreasing. This two show $x_n$ converges to some $x$. Then one need to prove that $x=\sqrt{a}$.
+One need to show that $x_n$ is bounded from below; $x_n$ is monotone decreasing. These two conditions together show $x_n$ converges to some $x$. Then one need to prove that $x=\sqrt{a}$. Missing any of the three steps would make one lose points.
+There are other methods to prove this problem, such as creating an auxillary sequence $y_1 = x_1, y_{n+1} = (y_n + \sqrt{a})/2$, and show that $x_n \leq y_n$ and $y_n \to \sqrt{a}$.
 === 4 ===
 One should start with a Cauchy sequence $\{f_n(x)\}$ in $C(K)$, and construct a function $f(x)$ by taking pointwise limit, define for $x \in [0,1]$, $f(x) = \lim_n f_n(x)$. Thus defined, $f(x)$ is just a function, and may not be continuous, and we don't know yet $f_n \to f$ uniformly or not. Once we show that the convergence is uniform (see solution), then we can use the result that uniform convergence preserve continuity, to conclude that $f$ is a continuous function on $[0,1]$, hence $f \in C(K)$.
+=== 5 ===
+If a continuous function $f: (0,1) \to \R$ is unbounded, then it means either $\lim_{x \to 0} |f(x)| = \infty$ or $\lim_{x \to 1} |f(x)| = \infty$, since the value of $f(p)$ is finite for any $p \in (0,1)$. For example, consider the function $f(x) = 1/x + 1/(1-x)$, it is an example of unbounded function (and it is not uniformly continuous).
+A common mistake is to say, assume $f$ is unbounded, then there exists a $p \in (0,1)$, such that $\lim_{x \to p} f(x)=\infty$. That is not what 'unbounded' mean.
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