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Series and continuous functions

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 3:14 pm
by Papapetros Vaggelis
Prove that the series \(\displaystyle{\sum_{k=2}^{\infty}\dfrac{\sin\,(k\,x)}{\ln\,k}}\) and the

series \(\displaystyle{\sum_{k=2}^{\infty}\dfrac{\sin\,(k\,x)}{k\,\ln\,k}}\) converge for each

\(\displaystyle{x\in\left[0,2\,\pi\right]}\).

Examine if the functions

\(\displaystyle{x\mapsto \sum_{k=2}^{\infty}\dfrac{\sin\,(k\,x)}{\ln\,k}\,,x\in\left[0,2\,\pi\right]}\)

and

\(\displaystyle{x\mapsto \sum_{k=2}^{\infty}\dfrac{\sin\,(k\,x)}{k\,\ln\,k}\,,x\in\left[0,2\,\pi\right]}\)

are continuous.

Re: Series and continuous functions

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 6:05 pm
by Riemann
Greetings to all,

I think the exercise is quite easy and we will be basing the solution on the following facts:
  1. The uniform limit of continuous functions is continuous.
  2. The series $\sum a_n \sin nx$ converges uniformly throughout $\mathbb{R}$ if-f $n a_n \rightarrow 0$.
Now,

both serieses converge uniformly throughout $\mathbb{R}$ since observation $(2)$ holds and because the functions are continuous its uniform limit is a continuous function. Both these facts are quite well known results.

That's all folks.

Re: Series and continuous functions

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:53 pm
by S.F.Papadopoulos
The first function is not continuous.(no Lebesgue integrable)

The condition 2 is not true.
The sequence must be decreasing

Re: Series and continuous functions

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 10:29 am
by Riemann
S.F.Papadopoulos wrote:The first function is not continuous.(no Lebesgue integrable)

The condition 2 is not true.
The sequence must be decreasing
Oh sorry , my bad!! :oops: :oops: