one-sided continuity by series
Theorem. If the function series
(1) |
is uniformly convergent on the interval , on which the are continuous from the right or from the left, then the sum function of the series has the same property.
Proof. Suppose that the terms are continuous from the right. Let be any positive number and
where is the partial sum of (1) (). The uniform convergence implies the existence of a number such that on the whole interval we have
Let now and with . Since every is continuous from the right in , the same is true for the finite sum , and therefore there exists a number such that
Thus we obtain that
as soon as
This means that is continuous from the right in an arbitrary point of .
Analogously, one can prove the assertion concerning the continuity from the left.