Real Analysis RIMS THODUPUZHA

Sequence of Functions
Rivera Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Thodupuzha
rimstdpa@gmail.com,
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JUNE 2012

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a) lim fn (x) denes a continuous function on [0, 1]

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b) {fn } converges uniformly on [0, 1]

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c) lim fn (x) = 0 for all x ∈ [0, 1]

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d) lim fn (x) exists for all x ∈ [0, 1]
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Option : d

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2. Let {fn } be a sequence of continuous real-valued functions dened on [0, ∞). Suppose fn (x) →

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f (x) for all x ∈ [0, ∞) and that f is integrable. Then S
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a) f (x)dx as n → ∞
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fn (x)dx →
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b) If fn → f uniformly on [0, ∞), then 01 fn (x)dx → 01 f (x)dx

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c) If fn → f uniformly on [0, ∞), then 0∞ fn (x)dx → 0∞ f (x)dx

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d) If 01 |fn (x) − f (x)|dx → 0, then fn → f uniformly on [0, 1]

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Option : b
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3. Let f : R → [0, ∞) be a non-negative real valued continuous function. Let

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a) gn → f (x) for every x ∈ R

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b) given any C> 0, gn (x) → f (x) uniformly on the set

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{x : f (x) < C}
c) gn (x) → f (x) uniformly for x ∈ R
d) given any C > 0, gn (x) → f (x) unifomly on the set
{x : f (x) ≥ C}

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Option: a,b

4. Let An ⊆ R for any n ≥ 1, and χn : R → {0, 1} be the function

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χn (x) =
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let g(x) = lim sup χn (x) and h(x) = lim inf χn (x).

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n→∞ n→∞

a) if g(x) = h(x) =1, then there exists m such that for all n ≥ m we have x ∈ An .

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b) if g(x)=1, h(x) = 0, then there exists m such that for all n ≥ m we have x ∈ An .

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c) if g(x)= 1, h(x) = 0 then there exists a sequence n1 , n2 ... of distinct intigers such that x ∈ Ank

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d) if g(x) = h(x) =0, then there exists m such that for all n ≥ m we have x ∈
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Option: a,c,d

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5. Let fn : [1, 2] → [0, 1]be given by fn (x) = (2 − x)n for all non-negative integer n. Let f(x) =

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lim fn (x) for 1 ≤ x ≤ 2. Then which of the following is true ?
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a) f is continuous function on [1, 2]
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b) fn converges uniformly to f on [1, 2] as n → ∞

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c) lim
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fn (x)dx = f (x)dx
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d) for any a ∈ (0, 1) we have lim fn0 (a) 6= f 0 (a)

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Option: c
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JUNE 2014
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6. Let {fn } be a sequence of continuous function on R

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a) If {fn } converges to f pointwise on R, then lim f (x)dx = f (x)dx
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b) If {fn } converges to uniformly on R then lim −∞ fn (x)dx = −∞ f (x)dx
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c) If {fn } converges to f uniformly on R, then f is continuous on R
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d) There exist a sequence of continuous functions {fn } converges to f uniformly on R, but

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lim fn (x)dx 6= f (x)dx
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Option: c,d
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7. Let {bn } and {cn } be sequences of real numbers. Then a necessary and sucient condition for
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the sequence of polynomials fn (x) = bn x + cn x2 to converge uniformly to 0 on the real line is

a) lim bn = 0 and lim cn = 0
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b) |bn | < ∞ and
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n=1 n=1 |cn | < ∞
c) There exists a positive integer N such that bn = 0 and cn = 0 for all n > N

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d) lim cn = 0
n→∞
Option: d

JUNE 2015

8. For n ≥ 1, let gn (x) = sin2 (x + n1 ), x ∈ [0, ∞) and fn (x) = gn (t) dt Then

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a) {fn } converges pointwise to a function f on [0, ∞) but does not converge uniformly on [0, ∞)

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b) {fn } does not converges pointwise to any function on [0, ∞)

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c) {fn } converges uniformly on [0, 1)

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d) {fn } converges uniformly on [0, ∞)

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Option: c,d

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9. Consider all sequences {fn } of real valued continuous functions on [0, ∞). Identify which of the

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following statements are correct.

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a) If {fn } converges to f pointwise on [0, ∞). then lim

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fn (x) dx = 0 f (x) dx
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b) If {fn } converges to f uniformly on [0, ∞). then

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lim 0 fn (x) dx = 0 f (x) dx
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c) If {fn } converges to f uniformly on [0, ∞)then f is continuous on [0, ∞)
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d) There exists a sequence of continuous functions {fn } on [0, ∞) such that {fn } converges to
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f uniformly on [0, ∞). but lim 0∞ fn (x) dx 6= 0∞ f (x) dx

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n→∞
Option: c,d
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JUNE 2016
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10. Which one of the following statements is true for the sequence of functions fn (x) = 1
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1, 2, ..., x∈ [ 12 , 1]?
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a) The sequence is monotonic and has 0 as the limit for all x ∈ [ 12 , 1] as n → ∞

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b) The sequence is not monotonic but has f(x) = 1

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c) The sequence is monotonic and has f(x) = as the limit as n → ∞
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d) The sequence is not monotonic but has 0 as the limit.

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Option: a
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11. Let fn (x) = (−x)n x ∈ [0, 1]. Then decide which of the following are true
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a) there exists a pointwise convergent subsequence of fn

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b) fn has no pointwise convergent subsequence

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c) fn converges pointwise everywhere

d) fn has exactly one pointwise convergent subsequence
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12. Find out which of the following series converge uniformly for x ∈ (−π, π).

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a) e−n|x|
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n=1 n3

b)
P∞ sin(xn)
n=1 n5
P∞ x
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c) n=1 n

d)
P∞ 1
n=1 ((x+π)n)2

Option: a,b,c

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JUNE 2017

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13. For n ≥ 1, let fn (x) = xe−nx , x ∈ R Then the sequence {fn } is
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a) uniformly convergent on R

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b) uniformly convergent only on compact subset of R

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c) bounded and not uniformly convergent on R

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d) a sequence of unbounded functions

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14. Let fn (x) = 1
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for n ∈ N, x ∈ R Which of the following are true?

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a) fn converges pointwise on [0, 1] to a continuous function
b) fn converges uniformly [0, 1]
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c) fn converges uniformly on [ 12 , 1]
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fn (x)dx = lim fn (x) dx
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Option: c,d

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15. Let f : [−1, 1] → R be a function given by f (x) = Then
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b) f 0 is of bounded variation on [−1, 1]

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c) |f 0 (x)| ≤ 1 ∀x ∈ [−1, 1]
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d) |f 0 (x)| ≤ 3 ∀x ∈ [−1, 1]
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Option: a,d
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JUNE 2018
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16. Let CC (R) = {f : R → R : f is continuous and there exists a compact set K such that f (x) = 0
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for all x ∈ K C }.Let g(x) = e−x for all x ∈ R. Which of the following statements are true?
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a) There exists a sequence {fn } in CC (R) such that fn → g uniformly

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b) There exists a sequence {fn } in CC (R) such that fn → g pointwise

c) If a sequence in CC (R) converges pointwise to g then it must converge uniformly to g
d) There does not exist any sequence CC (R) converging pointwise to g

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Option: a,b

DEC 2018

17. For n ≥ 1, consider the sequence of functions fn (x) = 1

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, gn (x) = x
2nx+1
on the open interval
(0, 1). Consider the statements:
(I) The sequence {fn } converges uniformly on (0, 1)

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(II) The sequence {gn } converges uniformly on (0, 1)

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a) (I) is true

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b) (I) is false

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c) (I) is false and (II) is true

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d) Both (I) and (II) are true

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Option: b,c

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18. Suppose that {fn } is a sequence of continuous real valued functions on [0, 1] satisfying the

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following:
(A) ∀x ∈ R, {fn (x)} is a decreasing sequence

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(B) the sequence {fn } converges uniformly to 0 S
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a) {gn } is Cauchy with respect to the sup norm

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b) {gn } is uniformly convergent

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c) {gn } need not converge pointwise

d) ∃M > 0 such that |gn (x)| ≤ M, ∀n ∈ N, ∀x ∈ R
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Option: a,b,d
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JUNE 2019
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19. Let gn (x) = nx

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,x ∈ [0, ∞). Which of the following is true as n → ∞?
a) gn → 0 pointwise but not uniformly
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b) gn → 0 uniformly
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c) gn (x) → x, ∀x ∈ [0, ∞)
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d) gn (x) → x
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20. Let E = : n ∈ N . For each m ∈ N dene fm : E → R by

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fm (x) = 0 if m+10 <x< m
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Then which of the following statements is true?

a) No subsequence of (fm )m≥1 converges at every point of E

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b) Every subsequence of (fm )m≥1 converges at every point of E

c) There exist innitely many subsequences of (fm )m≥1 which converge at every point of E
d) There exists a subsequence of (fm )m≥1 which converges to 0 at every point of E
Nov 2020

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21. The series x ∈ R converges
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n=1 nloge n

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a) only for x = 0

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b) uniformly only for x ∈ [−π, π]

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c) uniformly only for x ∈ R\{nπ : n ∈ Z}

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d) uniformly for all x ∈ R

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22. Consider two series A(x) = ∞ n=0 x (1 − x) and B(x) = x (1 − x), where x ∈ [0, 1].
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n=0 (−1)

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Which of the following statements are true?

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a) Both A(x) and B(x) converge pointwise

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b) Both A(x) and B(x) converge uniformly
c) A(x) converges uniformly but B(x) does not

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d) B(x) converges uniformly but A(x) does not S
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23. Suppose that {fn } is a sequence of real-valued functions on R. Suppose it converges to a

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continuous function f uniformly on each closed and bounded subset of R. Which of the following
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statements are true?

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a) The sequence {fn } converges to f uniformly on R

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b) The sequence {fn } converges to f pointwise on R

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c) For all suciently large n, the function fn is bounded

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d) For all suciently large n, the function fn is continuous

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