3.II.21G

Linear Analysis
Part II, 2007

State and prove the Arzela-Ascoli theorem.

Let NN be a positive integer. Consider the subset SNC([0,1])\mathcal{S}_{N} \subset C([0,1]) consisting of all thrice differentiable solutions to the differential equation

f=f+(f)2f^{\prime \prime}=f+\left(f^{\prime}\right)^{2} \quad with f(0)N,f(1)N,f(0)N,f(1)N.\quad|f(0)| \leqslant N, \quad|f(1)| \leqslant N, \quad\left|f^{\prime}(0)\right| \leqslant N, \quad\left|f^{\prime}(1)\right| \leqslant N .

Show that this set is totally bounded as a subset of C([0,1])C([0,1]).

[It may be helpful to consider interior maxima.]