Continuous partitions of unity

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Let XX be a complete metric space, MM a closed set in it, U1,U2,…,UnU_{1}, U_{2}, \ldots , U_{n} a cover of MM by open sets. Construct a system of continuous functions

{ek(x):X→R}k=1n, \left\{ e_{k}(x): X \rightarrow \mathbb {R}\right\} _{k = 1}^{n},

called a partition of unity corresponding to the cover UjU_{j}, satisfying the conditions

  1. 0⩽ej(x)⩽10 \leqslant e_{j}(x) \leqslant 1 for every x∈Xx \in X;

  2. ej(x)=0e_{j}(x) = 0, if x∉Ujx \notin U_{j};

  3. ∑j=1nej(x)=1\sum_{j = 1}^{n} e_{j}(x) = 1 for every x∈Mx \in M.

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Formulate and prove an analogue of Theorem 10.8, in which KK is a compact subset of an arbitrary metric space. (Replace the functions φi\varphi_{i} that occur in the proof of Theorem 10.8 by functions of the type constructed in Exercise 22 of Chap. 4).

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Strengthen the conclusion of Theorem 10.8 by showing that the functions ψi\psi_{i} can be made differentiable, and even infinitely differentiable. (Use Exercise 1 of Chap. 8 in the construction of the auxiliary functions φi\varphi_{i}).

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References

[БСШ17] Бородин П.А., Савчук А.М., Шейпак И.А. Задачи по функциональному анализу. МЦНМО, 2017.
[Rud76] Rudin W. Principles of Mathematical Analysis. 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill, 1976.