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Proof of A Lipschitz Map is Uniformly Continuous

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Reason: Initial publication. Direct epsilon-delta proof with the explicit choice delta = epsilon/(Lambda+1), which also covers the Lipschitz constant zero case.

Proof

Let Λ\Lambda be a nonnegative real number such that

dY(f(x),f(x))ΛdX(x,x)for all x,xX,d_Y\bigl(f(x),f(x')\bigr)\le\Lambda\,d_X(x,x')\qquad\text{for all }x,x'\in X,

as provided by Lipschitz Map Between Metric Spaces.

Uniform continuity. Let ε\varepsilon be a real number with 0<ε0<\varepsilon. Since 0Λ0\le\Lambda we have 0<1Λ+10<1\le\Lambda+1, so

δ=εΛ+1\delta=\frac{\varepsilon}{\Lambda+1}

is a real number with 0<δ0<\delta. Let x,xXx,x'\in X satisfy dX(x,x)<δd_X(x,x')<\delta. Multiplying this inequality by the nonnegative number Λ\Lambda preserves the order, so ΛdX(x,x)Λδ\Lambda\,d_X(x,x')\le\Lambda\delta. Moreover Λ<Λ+1\Lambda<\Lambda+1 and 0<ε0<\varepsilon give Λε<(Λ+1)ε\Lambda\varepsilon<(\Lambda+1)\varepsilon, and dividing by the positive number Λ+1\Lambda+1 preserves the strict inequality, so

Λδ=ΛεΛ+1<ε.\Lambda\delta=\frac{\Lambda\varepsilon}{\Lambda+1}<\varepsilon .

Combining the three estimates,

dY(f(x),f(x))ΛdX(x,x)Λδ<ε.d_Y\bigl(f(x),f(x')\bigr)\le\Lambda\,d_X(x,x')\le\Lambda\delta<\varepsilon .

Since ε\varepsilon was arbitrary and δ\delta was chosen independently of xx and xx', the map ff is uniformly continuous on XX in the sense of Uniformly Continuous Map Between Metric Spaces.

Continuity. Let xXx\in X and let ε\varepsilon be a real number with 0<ε0<\varepsilon, and let δ\delta be as above. Every yXy\in X with dX(x,y)<δd_X(x,y)<\delta satisfies, by the displayed estimate applied to the pair x,yx,y,

dY(f(y),f(x))=dY(f(x),f(y))<ε,d_Y\bigl(f(y),f(x)\bigr)=d_Y\bigl(f(x),f(y)\bigr)<\varepsilon ,

the first equality being the symmetry of dYd_Y (condition 3 of Metric Space). Hence ff is continuous at xx relative to XX in the sense of Continuous Map Between Metric Spaces. As xXx\in X was arbitrary, ff is continuous on XX.

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