Then C∞(X) is a vector space and we can define the norm∣∣u∣∣∞=supx∈X∣u(x)∣on C∞(X)
Proof
NTS that this is indeed a norm by verifying each of the properties. identifiability and homogeneity are satisfied from the definition of the norm. It suffices then to show that the triangle inequality holds.
u_{n} \to u \text{ in }C_{\infty}(X) &\iff \lvert \lvert u_{n} -u \rvert \rvert_{\infty} \to 0 \text{ as } n \to \infty \\
&\iff \forall \epsilon > 0, \, \exists N \in \mathbb{N} \text{ s.t. } \forall n \geq N, \forall x \in X, \lvert u_{n}(x) - u(x) \rvert < \epsilon \\
&\iff u_{n} \to u \text{ uniformly on } X
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Thus convergence in this [[Concept Wiki/distance\|metric]] is uniform convergence when the functions $u$ are bounded and continuous.