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1 DIY: Extra exercises on Lipschitz continuity

Differentiable =⇒ Locally Lipschitz =⇒ Continuous.

Are the following functions f (x) Lipschitz for x ∈ R?

If f (x) is Lipschitz, compute Lipschitz constant c.
If f (x) is not Lipschitz, show that for any finite c, there is a counter-example.
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1. f (x) = x ;
(
x2 exp(−x) x > 0
2. f (x) = ,
0 x≤0
NOTE: an exponential function decreases/increases faster than a polynomial func-
tion in the same variable;

−1
 x≤0
3. f (x) = 3x − 1 0 < x ≤ 2 ;

−x + 7 x > 2



−1
 x≤0
4. f (x) = 3x − 1 0 < x ≤ 1 ;

−x + 7 x > 1


5. f (x) = sin(x2 );

6. f (x) = asin(ax), find a bound on a such that c ≤ 4;