UMD Analysis Qualifying Exam/Aug07 Real

Problem 1Edit

Suppose that   is a continuous real-valued function with domain   and that   is absolutely continuous on every finite interval  .


Prove: If   and   are both integrable on  , then

 

Solution 1Edit

Since   is absolutely continuous for all  ,


 


Hence


 


Since   is integrable i.e.  ,   and   exist.


Assume for the sake of contradiction that


 


Then there exists   such that for all  


 


since   is continuous. (At some point,   will either monotonically increase or decrease to  .) This implies


 


which contradicts the hypothesis that   is integrable i.e.  . Hence,


 


Using the same reasoning as above,


 


Hence,


 



Alternate SolutionEdit

Suppose   (without loss of generality,  ). Then for small positive  , there exists some real   such that for all   we have  . By the fundamental theorem of calculus, this gives

  for all  .


Since   is integrable, this means that for any small positive  , there exists an   such that for all  , we have  . But by the above estimate,

 

This contradicts the integrability of  . Therefore, we must have  .

Problem 3Edit

Suppose that   is a sequence of real valued measurable functions defined on the interval   and suppose that   for almost every  . Let   and   and suppose that   for all  


(a) Prove that  .

(b)Prove that   as  


Solution 3aEdit

By definition of norm,

 


Since  ,


 


By Fatou's Lemma,


 


which implies, by taking the  th root,


 


Solution 3bEdit

By Holder's Inequality, for all   that are measurable,


 


where  


Hence,  

The Vitali Convergence Theorem then implies


 

Problem 5Edit

Suppose  . Prove that   and that


 

Solution 5Edit