Real Analysis

Arun Ram
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Melbourne
Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia
aram@unimelb.edu.au

Last update: 19 July 2014

Lecture 30

Let X be a topological space with topology 𝒯. Let EX.

In English: The interior of E is the largest open set contained in E.

In maths: The interior of E is a set E such that

(a) E is open and EE,
(b) if U is open and UE then UE.

Let pX. A neighbourhood of p is an open set U such that pU.

Let EX. A interior point of E is a pE such that there exists a neighbourhood U of p with UE.

Let X be a topological space. Let EX Then E= { pE|p is an interior point ofE } .

Proof.

Let F={pE|pis an interior point ofE}.

To show: E=F.

To show:

(a) EF
(b) FE

(a) To show: If pE then p is an interior point of E.
Assume pE.
To show: p is an interior point of E.
Since E is open and pE and EE, p is an interior point of E.

(b) To show: If p is an interior point of E then pE.
Assume p is an interior point of E.
To show: pE.
There is a neighbourhood U of p with UE.
Since U is open and UE then UE.
So pE, because pU.

A function f:[a,b] is normal continuous if f satisfies: If c[a,b] then limxcf(x)=f(c).

A function is topology continuous if f satisfies: If V is open then f-1(V) is open.

Let f:[a,b] be a function. f is normal continuous if and only if f is topology continuous.

Proof.

To show:

(a) If f is normal continuous then f is topology continuous.
(b) If f is topology continuous then f is normal continuous.

(a) Assume f is normal continuous.
To show: f is topology continuous.
To show: If V is open then f-1(V) is open.
Assume V is open.
To show: f-1(V) is open.
To show: If pf-1(V) then p is an interior point of f-1(V).
Assume pf-1(V).
To show: p is an interior point of f-1(V).
We know f(p)V.
Since V is open, f(p) is an interior point of V.
So there exists ε>0 such that Bε(f(p))V.
Since f is normal continuous there exists δ>0 such that if d(x,p)<δ then d(f(x),f(p))<ε.
So there exists δ>0 such that f(Bδ(p))Bε(f(p)).
So f(Bδ(p))V.
So Bδ(p)f-1(V).
So p is an interior point of f-1(V).

(b) Assume f is topology continuous.
To show: f is normal continuous.
To show: If p[a,b] and ε>0 then there exists δ>0 such that if d(x,p)<δ then d(f(x),f(p))<ε.
Assume p[a,b] and ε>0.
To show: There exists δ>0 such that f(Bδ(p)) Bε(f(p)). To show: There exists δ>0 such that Bδ(p)f-1 (Bε(f(p))). Since f is topology continuous and Bε(f(p)) is open then f-1(Bε(f(p))) is open.
So p is an interior point of f-1(Bε(f(p))).
So there exists Bδ(p) with Bδ(p)f-1(Bε(f(p))).

Notes and References

These are notes from a 2010 course on Real Analysis 620-295. This page comes from 100519Lect30.pdf and was given on 19 May 2010.

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