Paper 1, Section II, F

Linear Analysis
Part II, 2018

Let KK be a compact Hausdorff space.

(a) State the Arzelà-Ascoli theorem, and state both the real and complex versions of the Stone-Weierstraß theorem. Give an example of a compact space KK and a bounded set of functions in C(K)C(K) that is not relatively compact.

(b) Let f:RnRf: \mathbb{R}^{n} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} be continuous. Show that there exists a sequence of polynomials (pi)\left(p_{i}\right) in nn variables such that

BRn compact piBfB uniformly B \subset \mathbb{R}^{n} \text { compact }\left.\left.\Rightarrow \quad p_{i}\right|_{B} \rightarrow f\right|_{B} \text { uniformly }

Characterize the set of continuous functions f:RnRf: \mathbb{R}^{n} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} for which there exists a sequence of polynomials (pi)\left(p_{i}\right) such that pifp_{i} \rightarrow f uniformly on Rn\mathbb{R}^{n}.

(c) Prove that if C(K)C(K) is equicontinuous then KK is finite. Does this implication remain true if we drop the requirement that KK be compact? Justify your answer.