Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem states that every bounded sequence has a convergent subsequence.
Now suppose fn is a sequence of functions on a given domain D.Does there exist a similar result involving subsequences as in Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem?
I tried to give a result:
If the sequence of functions is such that ∃M∈R satisfying |fn(x)|≤M∀x∈D,∀n∈N,then does there exist a pointwise convergent subsequence frn on the domain ?
Then I got a counterexample:
Suppose domain is R.Construct fn as follows:
fn(x)=sin(nx) which is bounded by 1 but I think no subsequence of it is pointwise convergent.
So,Can anyone suggest me a similar result as in Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem for a sequence of functions?
Answer
The Arzela-Ascoli theorem states: consider a family of real-valued functions F={fn|n∈N} defined on a compact set. If F is uniformly bounded and equicontinuous, then it is precompact.
To answer your question, if a given sequence (fn) meets the boundedness and equicontinuity conditions, then there exists a uniformly convergent subsequence (fnk).
There are other, equivalent statements of the theorem, but I believe this will be the most useful for your purposes.
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