I got started recently on proofs about continuity and so on. So to start working with this on n-spaces I've selected to prove that every linear function f:Rn→Rm is continuous at every a∈Rn. Since I'm just getting started with this kind of proof I just want to know if my proof is okay or if there's any inconsistency. My proof is as follows:
Since f is linear, we know that there's some k∈R such that |f(x)|≤k|x| for every x∈Rn, in that case let a∈Rn and let ε>0. Consider δ=ε/k and suppose |x−a|<δ, in that case we have:
$$|f(x)-f(a)|=|f(x-a)|\leq k |x-a|
And since |x−a|<δ implies |f(x)−f(a)|<ε we have that f is continuous at a∈Rn. Since a was arbitrary, f is continous in Rn. Is this proof fine? Or there was something I've missed on the way?
Answer
This proof is correct modulo result you stated in the begining, i.e.
there exist k∈R such that |f(x)|≤k|x| for all x∈Rn
Proof of this fact is much more interesting and uses compactness of unit ball in Rn.
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