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Compact Support on Rn\mathbb{R}^n Means Vanishing Outside a Bounded Set

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Let n≥1n\ge1 be a natural number, 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 on Rn\mathbb{R}^n, and all topological notions below refer to it. Let f:Rn→Rf:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}.

1. (Vanishing off the support) f(x)=0f(x)=0 for every x∈Rnx\in\mathbb{R}^n that does not lie in the support of ff.

2. (Criterion) ff is compactly supported if and only if there is a real number R>0R>0 such that f(x)=0f(x)=0 for every x∈Rnx\in\mathbb{R}^n with ∥x∥>R\lVert x\rVert>R.

3. (Localisation) If R>0R>0 is a real number such that f(x)=0f(x)=0 for every xx with ∥x∥>R\lVert x\rVert>R, then the support of ff is contained in the closed ball of centre 00 and radius RR in (Rn,d)(\mathbb{R}^n,d).

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