Show that each of the functions below is a metric on the set of functions x(t)∈ C[a,b] :
d1(x,y)=t∈[a,b]sup∣x(t)−y(t)∣d2(x,y)={∫ab∣x(t)−y(t)∣2dt}1/2
Is the space complete in the d1 metric? Justify your answer.
Show that the set of functions
xn(t)=⎩⎪⎪⎨⎪⎪⎧0,nt,1,−1⩽t<00⩽t<1/n1/n⩽t⩽1
is a Cauchy sequence with respect to the d2 metric on C[−1,1], yet does not tend to a limit in the d2 metric in this space. Hence, deduce that this space is not complete in the d2 metric.