Sunday, 16 April 2017

real analysis - Proof that a linear transformation is continuous




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:RnRm is continuous at every aRn. 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 kR such that |f(x)|k|x| for every xRn, in that case let aRn and let ε>0. Consider δ=ε/k and suppose |xa|<δ, in that case we have:



$$|f(x)-f(a)|=|f(x-a)|\leq k |x-a|

And since |xa|<δ implies |f(x)f(a)|<ε we have that f is continuous at aRn. 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 kR such that |f(x)|k|x| for all xRn
Proof of this fact is much more interesting and uses compactness of unit ball in Rn.


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