proof of Ascoli-Arzelà theorem
Given we aim at finding a -net in i.e. a finite set of points such that
(see the definition of totally bounded).Let be given with respect to in the definitionof equi-continuity (see uniformly equicontinuous) of .Let be a -lattice
in and be a -lattice in .Let now be the set of functions fromto and define by
Since is a finite set, is finite too: say .Then define , where is a function in such that for all (the existence ofsuch a function is guaranteed by the definition of ).
We now will prove that is a -lattice in .Given choose such that for all it holds (this is possible as for all there exists with ).We conclude that and hence for some. Notice also that for all wehave.
Given any we know that there exists such that .So, by equicontinuity of ,