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Mollification Converges Uniformly on Compact Subsets

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Let nn be a natural number with 1n1\le n, let R\mathbb{R} be the real numbers with the order \le of their ordered field structure, write s<ts<t to mean that sts\le t and sts\ne t, write t1t^{-1} for the multiplicative inverse of t0t\ne 0, let s|s| be the absolute value of ss, and let dRd_{\mathbb{R}} be the metric on R\mathbb{R} of The Absolute Value Metric on the Real Line. Let \lVert\,\cdot\,\rVert be the Euclidean norm on Euclidean space Rn\mathbb{R}^{n} and let dd be the Euclidean distance, a metric on Rn\mathbb{R}^{n}; by Metric Open Sets Form a Topology the subsets open in (Rn,d)(\mathbb{R}^{n},d) form a topology, to which the topological notions below refer. Write Bˉ(x,r)\bar B(x,r) for the closed ball in (Rn,d)(\mathbb{R}^{n},d) and let λn\lambda_{n} be Lebesgue measure on the Borel σ\sigma-algebra of Rn\mathbb{R}^{n}. Powers with a natural exponent are those of Natural Number Power of an Element of a Field, and tyt\,y denotes the scalar multiple of yRny\in\mathbb{R}^{n} in the real vector space Rn\mathbb{R}^{n}.

Let ΩRn\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^{n} be open in (Rn,d)(\mathbb{R}^{n},d) and let f:ΩRf:\Omega\to\mathbb{R} be continuous on Ω\Omega as a map from (Rn,d)(\mathbb{R}^{n},d) into (R,dR)(\mathbb{R},d_{\mathbb{R}}). Let δR\delta\in\mathbb{R} with 0<δ0<\delta and let ρ\rho be a mollifier kernel of radius δ\delta on Rn\mathbb{R}^{n}. For εR\varepsilon\in\mathbb{R} with 0<ε0<\varepsilon let ρε:RnR\rho_{\varepsilon}:\mathbb{R}^{n}\to\mathbb{R} be given by ρε(y)=(ε1)nρ(ε1y)\rho_{\varepsilon}(y)=(\varepsilon^{-1})^{n}\rho(\varepsilon^{-1}y), a mollifier kernel of radius εδ\varepsilon\delta by Rescaling a Mollifier Kernel; being smooth it is continuous on Rn\mathbb{R}^{n} by claim 3 of Euclidean Space is Open in Itself, and CkC^k Maps are Continuous and it vanishes at every yy with εδ<y\varepsilon\delta<\lVert y\rVert, so the convolution fρεf*\rho_{\varepsilon} is defined, with kernel radius εδ\varepsilon\delta, on the set Ωεδ={xRn:Bˉ(x,εδ)Ω}\Omega^{\varepsilon\delta}=\{x\in\mathbb{R}^{n}:\bar B(x,\varepsilon\delta)\subseteq\Omega\}.

Let KΩK\subseteq\Omega be compact in Rn\mathbb{R}^{n}.

Then the following hold.

1. (The convolution is eventually defined on KK) There is ε1R\varepsilon_{1}\in\mathbb{R} with 0<ε10<\varepsilon_{1} such that KΩεδK\subseteq\Omega^{\varepsilon\delta} for every εR\varepsilon\in\mathbb{R} with 0<εε10<\varepsilon\le\varepsilon_{1}.

2. (Uniform convergence on KK) For every ηR\eta\in\mathbb{R} with 0<η0<\eta there is ε0R\varepsilon_{0}\in\mathbb{R} with 0<ε00<\varepsilon_{0} such that, for every εR\varepsilon\in\mathbb{R} with 0<ε<ε00<\varepsilon<\varepsilon_{0}, one has KΩεδK\subseteq\Omega^{\varepsilon\delta} and

(fρε)(x)f(x)<ηfor every xK.\bigl|(f*\rho_{\varepsilon})(x)-f(x)\bigr|<\eta\qquad\text{for every }x\in K .
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