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问题在问什么

One of the most important topological concepts in analysis is that of compactness (as discussed for instance in my Companion article on this topic ). There are various flavours of this concept, but let us focus on sequential compactness : a subset E of a topological space X is sequentially compact if every sequence in E has a convergent subsequence whose limit is also in E. This property allows one to do many things with the set E. For instance, it allows one to maximise a fu

Proposition 1. (Existence of extremisers) Let E be a non-empty sequentially compact subset of a topological space X, and let be a continuous function. Then the supremum is attained at at least one point , thus for all . (In particular, this supremum is finite.) Similarly for the infimum.

已知结果和反例

Proof. Let be the supremum . By the definition of supremum (and the axiom of (countable) choice ), one can find a sequence in E such that . By compactness, we can refine this sequence to a subsequence (which, by abuse of notation, we shall continue to call ) such that converges to a limit x in E. Since we still have , and f is continuous at x, we conclude that f(x)=L, and the claim for the supremum follows. The claim for the infimum is similar.

Remark 1. An inspection of the argument shows that one can relax the continuity hypothesis on F somewhat: to attain the supremum, it suffices that F be upper semicontinuous , and to attain the infimum, it suffices that F be lower semicontinuous.

证明或构造的主线

We thus see that sequential compactness is useful, among other things, for ensuring the existence of extremisers. In finite-dimensional spaces (such as vector spaces), compact sets are plentiful; indeed, the Heine-Borel theorem asserts that every closed and bounded set is compact. However, once one moves to infinite-dimensional spaces, such as function spaces , then the Heine-Borel theorem fails quite dramatically; most of the closed and bounded sets one encounters in a topol

In recent decades, mathematicians have found a number of ways to get around this difficulty. One of them is to weaken the topology to recover compactness, taking advantage of such results as the Banach-Alaoglu theorem (or its sequential counterpart). Of course, there is a tradeoff: weakening the topology makes compactness easier to attain, but makes the continuity of F harder to establish. Nevertheless, if F enjoys enough “smoothing” or “cancellation” properties, one can hope

阅读时建议盯住的点

Another option is to abandon trying to make all sequences have convergent subsequences, and settle just for extremising sequences to have convergent subsequences, as this would still be enough to retain Theorem 1. Pursuing this line of thought leads to the Palais-Smale condition , which is a substitute for compactness in some calculus of variations situations.

But in many situations, one cannot weaken the topology to the point where the domain E becomes compact, without destroying the continuity (or semi-continuity) of F, though one can often at least find an intermediate topology (or metric ) in which F is continuous, but for which E is still not quite compact. Thus one can find sequences in E which do not have any subsequences that converge to a constant element , even in this intermediate metric. (As we shall see shortly, one ma

值得单独记下的条目

• ( Strong topology ) We say that converges to x in the strong topology (or topology ) if the distance converges to zero.
• (Intermediate topology) We say that converges in x in the intermediate topology (or uniform topology ) if the distance converges to zero.
• ( Weak topology ) We say that converges in x in the weak topology (or pointwise topology ) if as for each m. [Strictly speaking, this only describes the weak topology for bounded sequences, but these are the only sequences we will be consid
• (Continuity) F is continuous in the intermediate topology on E.
• (Homogeneity) F is homogeneous of some degree , thus for all and . (In particular, F(0)=0.)
• (Invariance) F is G-invariant: for all and .

阅读和落地时建议先做的 5 件事

1. 用自己的语言重写定义和结论，不看原文能不能说清对象是什么。
2. 找一个最小反例或边界情形，确认假设少一条会怎样。
3. 把证明拆成可独立检验的引理，每步只保留一个新想法。
4. 若涉及计算或形式化，先写可复现的小例子，再谈一般情形。
5. 记下尚未解决的缺口：缺估计、缺构造，还是缺正确的范畴。

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