# Math Help - maximize a sequence of functions

1. ## maximize a sequence of functions

Hallo,

Someone already helped me to show that the following convergence is uniformly for all $a \in [0,1]$:
$\lim\limits_{h \to 0}\left(1+a(\mu-r)h+\frac{1}{2}a^2 \gamma(1-\gamma)\sigma^2h+O(h^\frac{3}{2})\right)^\frac{1}{ h}=e^{a(\mu-r)+ \frac{1}{2}a^2 \gamma(1-\gamma)\sigma^2}.$

whereas
$O(h^\frac{3}{2})$ is the remainder term of a taylor expansion where all terms with factor $h^\frac{3}{2}$ and higher exponents are collected. This term can be bounded by a constant that can be chosen independent of $a$
$\mu \in \mathbb{R}$ is a constants
$\sigma,r >0$ are constants
$0<\gamma <1$ is a constant
$f_h(a):=\left(1+a(\mu-r)h+\frac{1}{2}a^2 \gamma(1-\gamma)\sigma^2h+Ch^\frac{3}{2})\right)^\frac{1}{h }$
$f(a):=e^{a(\mu-r)+ \frac{1}{2}a^2 \gamma(1-\gamma)\sigma^2}$

does the maximum point of the sequence of functions $(f_h(a))_{h \in (0,1)}$ (I call it $x_h$) with $a \in [0,1]$ converge to the maximum point of $f$ for (I call it $x$) $h\to 0$?

Does anyone know if the following holds:
$\lim\limits_{h \to 0}x_h = x$?

I only know a theorem which says that this is true for a sequence of concave functions. But my functions are neither concave nor convex for all $a \in [0,1]$.

Can anybody help me?
Thanks!

2. I know that $(f_h(a))^h$ is concave in $a$. So there's a unique maximum point of $(f_h(a))^h$ on $[0,1]$.
Since the function $x^\frac{1}{h}, x\geq0$ is strictly increasing, $(f_h(a))^h$ and $f_h(a)$ have the same maximum point.

Can I now conclude that $f_h(a)$ has also a unique maximum point?

Also $\log_e(f(a))$ is concave in $a$ and $e^x$ is strictly increasing.
Then the maximum point of $f(a)$ on $[0,1]$ is unique. Am I right?

If the maximum points of $f_h$ and $f$ are unique I think it follows from the uniform convergence that it holds
$x_h \to x$.
Am I right?

Sorry, I made some mistakes in the definitions. There should be a $(\gamma-1)$ instead of the $(1-\gamma)$. So, the corrected version:
$f_h(a):=\left(1+a(\mu-r)h+\frac{1}{2}a^2 \gamma(\gamma-1)\sigma^2h+O(h^\frac{3}{2})\right)^\frac{1}{h}$
$f(a):=e^{a(\mu-r)+ \frac{1}{2}a^2 \gamma(\gamma-1)\sigma^2}$