Boundedness of Continuous and Periodic Functions on
R
\mathbb{R}
R
Show that a continuous and periodic function defined on
R
\mathbb{R}
R
is bounded.
Show Answer:
Let
T
>
0
T>0
T
>
0
be a period of
f
f
f
. On
[
0
,
T
]
[0,T]
[
0
,
T
]
,
f
f
f
is bounded by some
M
M
M
because
f
f
f
is continuous on a closed and bounded interval. For any
x
∈
R
x\in \mathbb{R}
x
∈
R
,
x
−
n
T
∈
[
0
,
T
]
x−nT\in[0,T]
x
−
n
T
∈
[
0
,
T
]
for
n
=
⌊
x
/
T
⌋
n=\lfloor x/T\rfloor
n
=
⌊
x
/
T
⌋
, so
∣
f
(
x
)
∣
=
∣
f
(
x
−
n
T
)
∣
≤
M
∣f(x)∣=∣f(x−nT)∣≤M
∣
f
(
x
)
∣=∣
f
(
x
−
n
T
)
∣≤
M
. Thus,
f
f
f
is bounded by
M
M
M
on
R
\mathbb{R}
R
.
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