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A generalization of Ascoli's theorem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

J. D. Weston
J. D. Weston
Affiliation:
University of Durham, King's College, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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In its simplest form, the theorem of Ascoli with which we are concerned is an extension of the Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem: it states that, if X and Y are bounded closed sets, of real or complex numbers, andis a sequence of equicontinuous functions mapping X into Y, thenhas a uniformly convergent subsequence. As is well known, this result has played a fundamental part in the development of several theories; it has also been widely generalized, by processes of abstraction and localization, and a very useful version of the theorem runs as follows (cf. [4], 233–234):

(A) Suppose that X is a locally compact regular space, and that Y is a Hausdorff space whose topology is determined by a uniform structure. Let YX be the space of all functions that map X into Y, with the topology of locally uniform convergence with respect to. Then a closed setin YX is compact if, at each point x of X, (i) the set(x) is relatively compact, in Y, and, (ii) is equicontinuous with respect to.

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Research Article
Information
Mathematika , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , June 1959 , pp. 19 - 24
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 1959

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