# Real Analysis: Prove BV function bounded and integrable

• Jan 17th 2010, 12:34 AM
kfdleb
Real Analysis: Prove BV function bounded and integrable
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data

f is of bounded variation on [a;b] if there exist a number K such that

$\sum$ $^{n}_{k=1}$|f(ak)-f(ak-1)| $\leq$K

a=a_0<a_1<...<a_n=b; the smallest K is the total variation of f

I need to prove that
1) if f is of bounded variation on [a;b] then it is bounded on [a;b]
2) if f is of bounded variation on [a;b], then it is integrable on [a;b]

2. The attempt at a solution

i thought of using triangle inequation such that
0<=|f(b)-f(a)|<= $\sum$ $^{n}_{k=1}$|f(ak)-f(ak-1)| $\leq$K

but im not really sure how to prove the two statements
any help is really appreciated
thanks
• Jan 17th 2010, 05:14 AM
Plato
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Originally Posted by kfdleb
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data

f is of bounded variation on [a;b] if there exist a number K such that

$\sum$ $^{n}_{k=1}$|f(ak)-f(ak-1)| $\leq$K

a=a_0<a_1<...<a_n=b; the smallest K is the total variation of f

I need to prove that
1) if f is of bounded variation on [a;b] then it is bounded on [a;b]
2) if f is of bounded variation on [a;b], then it is integrable on [a;b]

2. The attempt at a solution

i thought of using triangle inequation such that
0<=|f(b)-f(a)|<= $\sum$ $^{n}_{k=1}$|f(ak)-f(ak-1)| $\leq$K

but im not really sure how to prove the two statements
any help is really appreciated
thanks

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• Jan 17th 2010, 08:13 AM
Dinkydoe
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• Jan 17th 2010, 02:31 PM
Drexel28
Quote:

Originally Posted by kfdleb
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data

f is of bounded variation on [a;b] if there exist a number K such that

$\sum$ $^{n}_{k=1}$|f(ak)-f(ak-1)| $\leq$K

a=a_0<a_1<...<a_n=b; the smallest K is the total variation of f

I need to prove that
1) if f is of bounded variation on [a;b] then it is bounded on [a;b]
2) if f is of bounded variation on [a;b], then it is integrable on [a;b]

2. The attempt at a solution

i thought of using triangle inequation such that
0<=|f(b)-f(a)|<= $\sum$ $^{n}_{k=1}$|f(ak)-f(ak-1)| $\leq$K

but im not really sure how to prove the two statements
any help is really appreciated
thanks

Just so our notation is straight. We have that $V\left(\phi,P\right)=\sum_{j=1}^{n}\left|\phi\left (x_j\right)-\phi\left(x_{j-1}\right)\right|$. Then the variation of $\phi$ on $[a,b]$ is $\sup_{P\in\mathcal{P}} V\left(\phi,P\right)$ where $\mathcal{P}$ is the set of all partitions of $[a,b]$.

Then to prove that $\phi$ is of bounded variation is simple since. We have that that $\left|\phi(x)-\phi(k)\right|\leqslant \left|phi(x)-\phi(k)\right|+\left|\phi(x)-\phi(b)\right|\leqslant \text{Var}(\phi)$ and since $\phi$ is of bounded variation we have that $\text{Var}(\phi)<\infty$. From where it follows that $|\phi(x)|\leqslant \text{Var}(\phi)+|\phi(a)|<\infty$, thus it is bounded.

What do you have for the second one? Let me know.