Exercise 1.5.2 (Easy convergence implications)

Let (X,ℬ,μ) be a measure space, and let (f )n∈ℕ be a sequence of measurable functions from X to ℂ, and f : X → ℂ be another measurable function.

(i)
If (f )n∈ℕ converges to f uniformly, then (f )n∈ℕ converges to f pointwise.
(ii)
If (f )n∈ℕ converges to f uniformly, then (f )n∈ℕ converges to f in L∞-norm. Conversely, If (f )n∈ℕ converges to f in L∞-norm, then (f )n∈ℕ converges to f uniformly outside of a null set.
(iii)
If (f )n∈ℕ converges to f in L∞ norm, then (f )n∈ℕ converges to f almost uniformly.
(iv)
If (f )n∈ℕ converges to f almost uniformly, then (f )n∈ℕ converges to f almost everywhere pointwise.
(v)
If (f )n∈ℕ converges to f pointwise, then (f )n∈ℕ converges to f almost everywhere pointwise.
(vi)
If (f )n∈ℕ converges to f in L1 norm, then (f )n∈ℕ converges to f in measure.
(vii)
If (f )n∈ℕ converges to f almost uniformly, then (f )n∈ℕ converges to f in measure.

Answers

The following diagram summarizes the statements of the theorem:

Figure 1: Relation between different convergence modes
(i)
Trivial.
(ii)
Trivial.
(iii)
Trivial.
(iv)
Let (E)n∈ℕ be a sequence of measurable sets in X such that for each n ∈ ℕ we have μ(En) < 1∕n and (f )n∈ℕ converges uniformly to f on X∕En. Now pick an arbitrary x ∈ X. We have two cases. In the first case x ∈⋂ ⁡ n∈ℕEn, in which case lim ⁡ n→∞fn(x) is not necessarily f(x). But this is not harmful, since μ(⋂ ⁡ n∈ℕEn) = 0. In the second case x∉⋂ ⁡ n∈ℕEn, which implies lim ⁡ n→∞fn(x) = f(x) from the uniform convergence.
(v)
Trivial.
(vi)
Suppose that we can find a N ∈ ℕ such that for all n > N we have |fn − f | < δ

By Markov’s inequality we have

𝜖 ⋅ μ ({x ∈ X : |fn − f|≥ 𝜖})≤ |fn − f | < δ

(vii)
Pick an arbitrary δ > 0 to test the convergence of the measure. Since (f )n∈ℕ converges to f almost uniformly, for this δ we can find a set E : μ(E) < δ such that (f )n∈ℕ converges uniformly to f on X∕E. Accordingly, we can find a N ∈ ℕ such that for all x ∈ X∕E and for all n > N we have |fn − f| < 𝜖. Thus, for all n > N we have μ ({x ∈ X : |fn − f|≥ 𝜖}) = μ ({x ∈ E : |fn − f|≥ 𝜖}) + μ ({x ∈ X∕E : |fn − f|≥ 𝜖}) ≤ δ + 0 = δ
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