Section 2.19

Properties of Uniformly Convergent Functional Sequences and Series

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Problem 2.19.1

Prove the continuity of the sum of the series of functions ∑n=1∞un(x)\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } u_{n}(x) on the set EE:

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(1)

un(x)=arctg⁡nxn4+x3,E=Ru_{n}(x) = \frac{\operatorname {arctg} n x}{\sqrt[3]{n^{4}+x}}, \quad E = R

(2)

un(x)=arcsin⁡1n2+x4,E=Ru_{n}(x) = \arcsin \frac{1}{n^{2}+x^{4}}, \quad E = R

(3)

un(x)=(−1)nx2+n,E=[2;5]u_{n}(x) = \frac{(-1)^{n}}{x^{2}+\sqrt{n}}, E = [2 ; 5];

(4)

un(x)=xe−n2x,E=[0;+∞)u_{n}(x) = x e^{-n^{2} x}, E = [0 ;+\infty );

(5)

un(x)=2nln⁡(1+sin⁡13n+x),E=(0;∞)u_{n}(x) = 2^{n} \ln \left(1+\sin \frac{1}{3^{n}+x}\right), E = (0 ; \infty );

(6)

un(x)=1n3cos⁡nx,E=[π3;2π3]u_{n}(x) = \frac{1}{\sqrt[3]{n}} \cos n x, E = \left[\frac{\pi }{3} ; \frac{2 \pi }{3}\right].

Problem 2.19.2

Prove that the function f(x)=∑n=1∞ne−nxf(x) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } n e^{-n x} is continuous for x>0x > 0, and compute ∫ln⁡2ln⁡5f(x)dx\int_{\ln 2}^{\ln 5} f(x) d x.

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Problem 2.19.3

Prove that the function f(x)=∑n=1∞1n2(n+1)2+x2f(x) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{1}{n^{2}(n+1)^{2}+x^{2}} is continuous on RR, and compute ∫0+∞f(x)dx\int_{0}^{+\infty } f(x) d x.

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Problem 2.19.4

Prove that the function f(x)=∑n=1∞cos⁡2nxn(n+1)f(x) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{\cos^{2} n x}{n(n+1)} is continuous on RR, and compute ∫02πf(x)dx\int_{0}^{2 \pi } f(x) d x.

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Problem 2.19.5

Prove that the series ∑n=1∞((n+1)xe−(n+1)x−nxe−nx)\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty }\left((n+1) x e^{-(n+1) x}-n x e^{-n x}\right) converges nonuniformly on the segment [0;1][0 ; 1], but its sum is a function continuous on this segment.

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Problem 2.19.6

Prove that the series ∑n=1∞(x2(n+1)−x2n)\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty }\left(x^{2(n+1)}-x^{2 n}\right) converges nonuniformly on the segment [−1;1][-1 ; 1], but it can be integrated term by term on this segment.

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Problem 2.19.7

It is known that the sum S(x)S(x) of the series ∑n=1∞ansin⁡nx\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } a_{n} \sin n x, where {an}\left\{ a_{n}\right\} is a given numerical sequence, is an odd periodic function with period 2π2 \pi, such that

S(x)={1, if x∈(0;π)0, if x=0 and x=π S(x) = \begin{cases} 1, & \text{ if } x \in (0 ; \pi ) \\ 0, & \text{ if } x = 0 \text{ and } x = \pi \end{cases}

Is it true that this series converges nonuniformly on RR?

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Problem 2.19.8

Find the set EE of all values of xx for which the function f(x)f(x) is defined, and investigate it for continuity on EE, if:

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(1)

f(x)=∑n=1∞ln⁡nxn2f(x) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{\ln^{n} x}{n^{2}};

(2)

f(x)=∑n=1∞e−n2x2cos⁡nx;f(x) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } e^{-n^{2} x^{2}} \cos n x ;

(3)

f(x)=∑n=1∞(x+1n)nf(x) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty }\left(x+\frac{1}{n}\right)^{n};

(4)

f(x)=∑n=1∞x(1+x2)nf(x) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{x}{\left(1+x^{2}\right)^{n}}.

Problem 2.19.9

Find the set EE of all values of xx for which the function f(x)f(x) is defined, and investigate it for differentiability on the set EE, if:

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(1)

f(x)=∑n=1∞(−1)nn+x2f(x) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{(-1)^{n}}{n+x^{2}}

(2)

f(x)=∑n=1∞x3e−nxf(x) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } x^{3} e^{-n x}

(3)

f(x)=∑n=1∞cos⁡nxn5/2f(x) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{\cos n x}{n^{5 / 2}}

(4)

f(x)=∑n=1∞∣x∣n2+x2f(x) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{\left|x\right|}{n^{2}+x^{2}}.

Problem 2.19.10

Prove that the series ∑n=1∞sin⁡nxn2ln⁡2(n+1)\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{\sin n x}{n^{2} \ln^{2}(n+1)} can be differentiated term by term on RR.

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Problem 2.19.11

Prove that the function f(x)=∑n=1∞1(n−x)2f(x) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{1}{(n-x)^{2}} is continuous on RR, except at the points x=n,n∈Nx = n, n \in N.

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Problem 2.19.12

Prove that the function f(x)=∑n=1∞cos⁡nxn3f(x) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{\cos n x}{n^{3}} has a continuous derivative on RR.

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Problem 2.19.13

Prove that the series f(x)=∑n=1∞e−(x−n)2f(x) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } e^{-(x-n)^{2}} can be differentiated term by term on the segment [−1;1][-1 ; 1] any number of times.

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Problem 2.19.14

Prove that the Riemann zeta function ζ(x)=∑n=1∞1nx\zeta (x) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{1}{n^{x}} is continuous on the set (1;+∞)(1 ;+\infty ) and has derivatives of every order on this set.

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Problem 2.19.15

Prove that the function f(x)=∑n=1∞e−n2xf(x) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } e^{-n^{2} x} is infinitely differentiable for x>0x > 0.

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Problem 2.19.16

Prove that the sum of the series ∑n=1∞e−nx1+n2\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{e^{-n x}}{1+n^{2}} is continuous for x⩾0x \geqslant 0 and is differentiable for x>0x > 0.

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Problem 2.19.17

Show that the sequence {fn(x)}\left\{ f_{n}(x)\right\}, where fn(x)=nxe−nx2f_{n}(x) = n x e^{-n x^{2}}, converges on the segment [0;1][0 ; 1], but

∫01(lim⁡n→∞f(x))dx≠lim⁡n→∞∫01fn(x)dx \int _{0}^{1}\left(\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty } f(x)\right) d x \neq \lim _{n \rightarrow \infty } \int _{0}^{1} f_{n}(x) d x
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Problem 2.19.18

Show that the sequence {fn(x)}\left\{ f_{n}(x)\right\}, where fn(x)=1narctg⁡xnf_{n}(x) = \frac{1}{n} \operatorname {arctg} x^{n}, converges uniformly on RR, but

(lim⁡n→∞fn(x))x=1′≠lim⁡n→∞fn′(1) \left(\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty } f_{n}(x)\right)_{x = 1}^{\prime } \neq \lim _{n \rightarrow \infty } f_{n}^{\prime }(1)
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Problem 2.19.19

Show that the sequence {fn(x)}\left\{ f_{n}(x)\right\}, where

fn(x)=x/(1+nx2) f_{n}(x) = x /\left(1+n x^{2}\right)

converges uniformly on RR to the function ff, and that the equality

f′(x)=lim⁡n→∞fn′(x) f^{\prime }(x) = \lim _{n \rightarrow \infty } f_{n}^{\prime }(x)

holds for all xx, except x=0x = 0.

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Problem 2.19.20

Show that the sequence {fn(x)}\left\{ f_{n}(x)\right\}, where

fn(x)=x3+1nsin⁡n(x+π2), f_{n}(x) = x^{3}+\frac{1}{n} \sin n\left(x+\frac{\pi }{2}\right),

converges uniformly on RR, but (lim⁡n→∞fn(x))′≠lim⁡n→∞fn′(x)\left(\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty } f_{n}(x)\right)^{\prime } \neq \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty } f_{n}^{\prime }(x).

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Problem 2.19.21

Show that the sequence {fn(x)}\left\{ f_{n}(x)\right\}, where

fn(x)=(sin⁡nx)/n, f_{n}(x) = (\sin n x) / \sqrt{n},

converges uniformly on RR to a differentiable function f(x)f(x), but

lim⁡n→∞fn′(0)≠f′(0). \lim _{n \rightarrow \infty } f_{n}^{\prime }(0) \neq f^{\prime }(0).
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Problem 2.19.22

Show that the sequence {fn(x)}\left\{ f_{n}(x)\right\}, where

fn(x)=nx(1−x2)n f_{n}(x) = n x\left(1-x^{2}\right)^{n}

converges on the segment [0;1][0 ; 1] to a continuous function f(x)f(x), but

lim⁡n→∞∫01fn(x)dx≠lim⁡n→∞∫01f(x)dx \lim _{n \rightarrow \infty } \int _{0}^{1} f_{n}(x) d x \neq \lim _{n \rightarrow \infty } \int _{0}^{1} f(x) d x
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Problem 2.19.23

Show that the sequence {fn(x)}\left\{ f_{n}(x)\right\}, where fn(x)=nx(1−x)nf_{n}(x) = n x(1-x)^{n}, converges nonuniformly on the segment [0;1][0 ; 1], however

lim⁡n→∞∫01fn(x)dx=∫01lim⁡n→∞fn(x)dx \lim _{n \rightarrow \infty } \int _{0}^{1} f_{n}(x) d x = \int _{0}^{1} \lim _{n \rightarrow \infty } f_{n}(x) d x
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Problem 2.19.24

Determine whether the equality holds

lim⁡n→∞∫01nx1+n2x4dx=∫01(lim⁡n→∞nx1+n2x4)dx \lim _{n \rightarrow \infty } \int _{0}^{1} \frac{n x}{1+n^{2} x^{4}} d x = \int _{0}^{1}\left(\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty } \frac{n x}{1+n^{2} x^{4}}\right) d x
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Problem 2.19.25

Can the series ∑n=1∞arctg⁡xn2\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \operatorname {arctg} \frac{x}{n^{2}} be differentiated term by term on RR?

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Problem 2.19.26

Can the series ∑n=1∞(x1/(2n−1)−x1/(2n+1))\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty }\left(x^{1 /(2 n-1)}-x^{1 /(2 n+1)}\right) be integrated term by term on the segment [0;1][0 ; 1]?

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Problem 2.19.27

Find all values of α\alpha for which, for the sequence {fn(x)}\left\{ f_{n}(x)\right\}, where fn(x)=nαxe−nxf_{n}(x) = n^{\alpha } x e^{-n x}, the equality holds

lim⁡n→∞∫01fn(x)dx=∫01(lim⁡n→∞fn(x))dx \lim _{n \rightarrow \infty } \int _{0}^{1} f_{n}(x) d x = \int _{0}^{1}\left(\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty } f_{n}(x)\right) d x
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Problem 2.19.28

Can a sequence {fn(x)}\left\{ f_{n}(x)\right\} of discontinuous functions converge uniformly to a continuous function?

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Problem 2.19.29

Let the functions fn(x),n∈Nf_{n}(x), n \in N, be defined and uniformly bounded on the set RR, and, moreover, let fn(x)⇉f(x),x∈Rf_{n}(x) \rightrightarrows f(x), x \in R. Does it follow that

lim⁡n→∞sup⁡x∈Rfn(x)=sup⁡x∈Rf(x)? \lim _{n \rightarrow \infty } \sup _{x \in R} f_{n}(x) = \sup _{x \in R} f(x)?
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Problem 2.19.30

Let the function ff be defined on RR, infinitely differentiable, and

∣f(n)(x)−f(n−1)∣<1/n2 for any x∈R.  \left|f^{(n)}(x)-f^{(n-1)}\right| < 1 / n^{2} \quad \text{ for any } x \in R \text{. }

Prove that lim⁡n→∞f(n)(x)=Cex\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty } f^{(n)}(x) = C e^{x}, where C=C = const.

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Problem 2.19.31

Let the function ff be infinitely differentiable on RR, and let the sequence {f(n)(x)}\left\{ f^{(n)}(x)\right\} converge uniformly to φ(x)\varphi (x) on every finite interval (a;b)(a ; b). Prove that φ(x)=Cex\varphi (x) = C e^{x}, where C=C = const.

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Problem 2.19.32

Show that the sequence {fn(x)}\left\{ f_{n}(x)\right\}, where

fn(x)={sin⁡2(π/x), if x∈[1/(n+1);1/n]0, if x∉[1/(n+1);1/n] f_{n}(x) = \begin{cases} \sin ^{2}(\pi / x), & \text{ if } & x \in [1 /(n+1) ; 1 / n] \\ 0, & \text{ if } & x \notin [1 /(n+1) ; 1 / n] \end{cases}

converges on RR to a continuous function, but nonuniformly.

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Problem 2.19.33

Prove that if the functions fn(x),n∈Nf_{n}(x), n \in N, are continuous on the set EE and fn(x)⇉f(x),x∈Ef_{n}(x) \rightrightarrows f(x), x \in E, then

lim⁡n→∞fn(xn)=f(x) \lim _{n \rightarrow \infty } f_{n}\left(x_{n}\right) = f(x)

for every sequence {xn}\left\{ x_{n}\right\} such that xn∈E,xn→xx_{n} \in E, x_{n} \rightarrow x as n→∞n \rightarrow \infty, where x∈Ex \in E.

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Problem 2.19.34

Let {fn(x)}\left\{ f_{n}(x)\right\} be a sequence of functions, monotonic on the segment [a;b][a ; b], converging to a function f(x)f(x) continuous on [a;b][a ; b]. Prove that

fn(x)⇉f(x),x∈[a;b] f_{n}(x) \rightrightarrows f(x), \quad x \in [a ; b]
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Problem 2.19.35

Let the functions fn(x),n∈Nf_{n}(x), n \in N, be integrable on the segment [a;b][a ; b], and let the sequence {fn(x)}\left\{ f_{n}(x)\right\} be uniformly bounded on [a;b][a ; b], i.e.,

∃M>0∀x∈[a;b]∀n∈N:∣fn(x)∣⩽M. \exists M > 0 \quad \forall x \in [a ; b] \quad \forall n \in N:\left|f_{n}(x)\right| \leqslant M.

Show that from the sequence {Fn(x)}\left\{ F_{n}(x)\right\}, where

Fn(x)=∫axfn(t)dt,x∈[a;b] F_{n}(x) = \int _{a}^{x} f_{n}(t) d t, \quad x \in [a ; b]

a subsequence {Fnk(x)}\left\{ F_{n_{k}}(x)\right\} can be extracted that converges uniformly on the segment [a;b][a ; b].

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Problem 2.19.36

Show that the series ∑n=1∞x(n(n+1)x2−1)(1+n2x2)(1+(n+1)2x2)\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{x\left(n(n+1) x^{2}-1\right)}{\left(1+n^{2} x^{2}\right)\left(1+(n+1)^{2}x^{2}\right)} converges nonuniformly on the segment [−1;1][-1 ; 1], but its sum is continuous on this segment.

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Problem 2.19.37

Show that the series ∑n=1∞sin⁡2nπx2n\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{\sin 2^{n} \pi x}{2^{n}} converges uniformly on RR, but it cannot be differentiated term by term on any interval.

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Problem 2.19.38

Prove that:

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(1)

for a>1a > 1 the sum S(x)S(x) of the series ∑n=1∞sin⁡2n2xan2\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{\sin 2^{n^{2}} x}{a^{n^{2}}} is continuous on RR;

(2)

for a>2a > 2 this series can be differentiated term by term;

(3)

for a∈(1;2)a \in (1 ; 2) the function S(x)S(x) is not differentiable.

Problem 2.19.39

Let rn,n∈Nr_{n}, n \in N, be the rational numbers of the segment [0;1][0 ; 1]. Show that the function

f(x)=∑n=1∞∣x−rn∣3n,x∈[0;1] f(x) = \sum _{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{\left|x-r_{n}\right|}{3^{n}}, \quad x \in [0 ; 1]

is continuous on the segment [0;1][0 ; 1], differentiable at irrational points, and not differentiable at rational points of this segment.

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Problem 2.19.40

Find the limit:

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(1)

lim⁡n→∞∑n=1x21+n2x2\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty } \sum_{n = 1} \frac{x^{2}}{1+n^{2} x^{2}};

(2)

lim⁡x→1−0∑n=1∞(−1)nnxnxn+1\lim_{x \rightarrow 1-0} \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{(-1)^{n}}{n} \frac{x^{n}}{x^{n}+1};

(3)

lim⁡x→1−0∑n=1∞(xn+1−xn)\lim_{x \rightarrow 1-0} \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty }\left(x^{n+1}-x^{n}\right);

(4)

lim⁡x→+0∑n=1∞12nnx\lim_{x \rightarrow +0} \sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{1}{2^{n} n^{x}}.

Problem 2.19.41

Let the functions un(x),n∈Nu_{n}(x), n \in N, be continuous on the segment [a;b][a ; b] and un(x)>0,x∈[a;b],n∈Nu_{n}(x) > 0, x \in [a ; b], n \in N. Show that if the series ∑n=1∞un(x)\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty } u_{n}(x) converges on [a;b][a ; b] to a function f(x)f(x) continuous on this segment, then

∑n=1∞un(x)⇉f(x),x∈[a;b] \sum _{n = 1}^{\infty } u_{n}(x) \rightrightarrows f(x), \quad x \in [a ; b]
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Problem 2.19.42

Let φ(x)\varphi (x) be a periodic function with period 1 such that φ(x)=∣x∣\varphi (x) = \left|x\right| for x∈[−1/2;1/2]x \in [-1 / 2 ; 1 / 2]. Show that the sum of the series

∑n=1∞φ(4nx)4n \sum _{n = 1}^{\infty } \frac{\varphi \left(4^{n} x\right)}{4^{n}}

is continuous on RR, but is not differentiable at any point x∈Rx \in R.

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Problem 2.19.43

A sequence {fn(x)}\left\{ f_{n}(x)\right\} is called equicontinuous on the segment [a;b][a ; b] if

∀ε>0∃δ>0∀x′,x′′∈[a;b]∣x′−x′′∣<δ∀n∈N:∣fn(x′)−fn(x′′)∣<ε\forall \varepsilon > 0 \quad \exists \delta > 0 \quad \forall x^{\prime }, x^{\prime \prime } \in [a ; b]\left|x^{\prime }-x^{\prime \prime }\right| < \delta \quad \forall n \in N:\left|f_{n}\left(x^{\prime }\right)-f_{n}\left(x^{\prime \prime }\right)\right| < \varepsilon.

Prove that if the sequence {fn(x)}\left\{ f_{n}(x)\right\} of continuous functions converges uniformly on the segment [a;b][a ; b], then it is uniformly bounded (see problem 35) and equicontinuous on the segment [a;b][a ; b].

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Problem 2.19.44

Prove that if the sequence {fn(x)}\left\{ f_{n}(x)\right\} is uniformly bounded and equicontinuous (see problem 43) on the segment [a;b][a ; b], then from it one can extract a subsequence that converges uniformly on this segment (Arzelà's theorem).

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