Question #217022

Prove that a uniformly continuous function from metric space to another metric space takes cauchy to cauchy sequences


Expert's answer

Let f:X→Yf: X\to Y be a uniformly continuous function from a metric space (X,dX)(X,d_X) to another metric space (Y,dY).(Y,d_Y). Let (xn)n=1∞(x_n)_{n=1}^{\infty} be a Cauchy sequence. Let ε\varepsilon be arbitrary positive real number. Since the function ff is uniformly continuous, there exists δ>0\delta>0 such that for any x,x′∈Xx,x'\in X the inequality dX(x,x′)<δd_X(x,x')<\delta implies dY(f(x),f(x′))<ε.d_Y(f(x),f(x'))<\varepsilon. Since (xn)n=1∞(x_n)_{n=1}^{\infty} is a Cauchy sequence, for this δ\delta there exists n∈Nn\in\N such that dX(xk,xm)<δd_X(x_k,x_m)<\delta for any k≥n,m≥n.k\ge n, m\ge n. It follows that dY(f(xk),f(xm))<εd_Y(f(x_k),f(x_m))<\varepsilon for any k≥n,m≥n.k\ge n, m\ge n. We conclude that for any ε>0\varepsilon>0 there exists n∈Nn\in\N such that dY(f(xk),f(xm))<εd_Y(f(x_k),f(x_m))<\varepsilon for any k≥n,m≥n,k\ge n, m\ge n, and hence (f(xn))n=1∞(f(x_n))_{n=1}^{\infty} is a Cauchy sequence as well.



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