# Math Help - Proof Uniformly Continous

1. ## Proof Uniformly Continous

Need help with this proof. Thanks so much!

Let j be an interval and f a differentiable function on j whose derivative is bounded. Show that f is uniformly continuous (use the mean value theorem).
Observe that boundedness of f ' is not necessary for uniform continuity of f. Indeed, the function x sqrtx (x > 0) is uniformly continuous and differentiable, but its derivative is not bounded.

2. Originally Posted by ml692787
Need help with this proof. Thanks so much!

Let j be an interval and f a differentiable function on j whose derivative is bounded. Show that f is uniformly continuous (use the mean value theorem).
Let $J$ be an open inverval. Say $f: J\mapsto \mathbb{R}$ is a differenciable function. And $|f'|\leq C$ is bounded by positive constant. Let $x,y\in J$ be two distinct points. Then $|f(x)-f(y)|\leq C|x-y|$ so if we choose $|x-y| < \delta$ where $\delta = \frac{\epsilon}{C}$ this will complete the proof.

3. Originally Posted by ml692787
Observe that boundedness of f ' is not necessary for uniform continuity of f. Indeed, the function x sqrtx (x > 0) is uniformly continuous and differentiable, but its derivative is not bounded.
For any $\epsilon >0$ choose $\delta = \epsilon^2$ then $|f(x)-f(y)| = |\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{y}|$ say $x\not = y$ because otherwise this difference is zero which is certainly less than $\epsilon$. In that case we get $|\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{y}| = \frac{|x-y|}{\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{y}} \leq \frac{|x-y|}{\sqrt{|x-y|} }= \sqrt{|x-y|} < \sqrt{\delta} = \epsilon$.