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10:24
The sequence $f_k(x) =k(1-kx), x \in [0,1/k], f_k(x) = 0, x \in [1/k,1] $ converges a.e. to $f(x) = 0$ in $[0,1]$ so $|f_k(x)|\ge 0 \text{ a.e. in } E :=[0,1] $
The hypotheses of the dominated convergence thm thus hold and I should find that $\displaystyle\lim_{k \to \infty}\int_{E}|f_k(x)-f(x)|dx \to 0 $ but in this case $$\displaystyle\lim_{k \to \infty}\int_{E}|f_k(x)-f(x)|dx= \lim_{k \to \infty} \int_{[0,1/k]}|k(1-kx)|dx=1/2 \nrightarrow 0 $$
It's $|f_k(x)| \le 0$ :p
Now that I think about it $[0,1/k]$ only becomes a set of measure 0 as $k \to \infty$
ok yeah there's something fishy: the pointwise limit is indeed weird: $$f_k(x) \to f(x):= \begin{aligned}

0, x \in (0,1]\\
+\infty, x = 0
\end{aligned} $$
Ok maybe I cannot bound my sequence of functions with 0
11:12
I have a basic question, which I'm not so sure about. Is every compact set in $\mathbb R$ of the form $[a,b]$ where $-\infty<a<b<\infty$? I know if it is of this form, it is compact. But I'm kind of asking for the converse.
No, not even if you extend to finite union of segments.
A set in R is compact iff it is closed and bounded
So for example $\{\frac{1}{n}\mid n \in \mathbb{N}\} \cup \{0\}$ is compact
Ah, ok. Yes, that set is indeed closed and bounded but not of the form $[a,b]$.
11:51
Hi, guys. Basic question on smooth manifolds: I have an ambient manifold and a submanifold. Consider then a function and vector field on the submanifold. I can extend them to the ambient. I want to apply the vector field on the function (at a certain point of the submanifold). This will give me a number on this point (a function on the submanifold). Using the extensions instead but restricted to that point (submanifold) gives me the same number (function)?
@psie you're already familiar with Cantor set, no?
@SoumikMukherjee yes, true, that is also compact :)
12:20
@psie any singleton is compact and connected yet not of this form
ah, yes, good to know
However, if a subset of R is compact, connected and has more than one point, then its a closed bounded interval
I would say a singleton $\{a\}$ is actually $[a,a]$, so it is of that form
12:50
@Derso yes, this is true, essentially because the map $T_pN\rightarrow T_pM$ induced by the inclusion $N\subseteq M$ is given by restricting germs along that inclusion
@psie the compact sets in $\mathbb{R}$ are precisely the complements of unions of collections of open intervals that contain both an interval of the form $(-\infty,a)$ and an interval of the form $(b,\infty)$
13:32
@VladimirLysikov when I say of that form I mean precisely the sets that psie is considering. So $[a, b]$ with $a<b$
There is some ambiguity in nomenclature here, but everything I claimed is free from that
@Ben lol I just considered answering that question you commented on
but I suppose we can let them work a bit first
about van kampen?
yeah :)
@Claudio which function are you use to bound $f_k$ ?
@Thorgott Thanks
yeah, I do like the question cause the answer is subtle
14:23
oh no, the question was deleted
there goes my opportunity to write a cool answer :/
15:06
@SineoftheTime I wrote something incorrect, I was using a corollary of the dominated conv thm which requires $|f_k(x)| \le M$
$M$ works if the interval is bounded
I've taken a quick look but here you can't bound uniformly $f_k$
I can't bound the sequence in $[0,1]$ because of the problem at x = 0
I don't think $0$ is the problem
yeah but I thought I could avoid that problem since the sequence converges to 0 a.e.
since you're working a.e.
15:12
@SineoftheTime that was my doubt indeed
the problem is that these functions "escape" to infinity
@SineoftheTime my point is: the hypotheses hold but in this case the result is wrong
I don't see how the hp holds, what did you use as $M$?
I tried 0 :p
well it's not true that $|f_k(x)|\le 0$
for all $k$ a.e.
for instance $f_1(x)=1-x$
15:18
$f_1$ is bounded in [0,1/1] though
yes since it's continuous
but that's not the point
but yeah maybe choosing 0 wasn't smart
the bound must be uniform
namely I should be checking uniform convergence
for $k=2$, $f_2(x)=2-4x \chi_{[0,1/2]}(x)$
note that the shape of $f_k$ is a triangle supported in $[0,1/k]$
15:22
if I fix $x \in [0,1/k]$ the sup is $k$ which diverges
so there's no uniform convergence
the "height" of this triangle in $k$, so you can't find $M$ which bounds all $f_k$
@SineoftheTime yeah I realized now after checking uniform convergence, @SineoftheTime could you write here your statement of the theorem
yes, here you can't swap $\lim$ and $\int$
@Claudio of which theorem? DCT?
yeah
@SineoftheTime but the sequence does converge pointwise to 0 a.e.
lemme check the solution, let's see if I at least got this right :p
ok so you have a sequence of (measurable) functions $(f_k(x))_k$, suppose that $\lim f_k(x)=f(x)$. If $|f_k(x)|\le g(x)$ a.e. for all $k$ and $g\in L^1$, then you can swap $\lim$ and $\int$
@Claudio that's correct
In your case $\lim_kf_k(x)=0$ a.e.
15:27
basically I need to check for uniform convergence and see if $g$ satisfies the hyps
Now, to apply DCT you need $g \in L^1([0,1])$ such that $|f_k(x)|\le g(x)$ for all $k$
all clear
thanks for the help
these exercises are giving me more trouble than expected :)
I tend to jump quickly to absolutely wrong conclusions
I tried to make an animation using desmos: desmos.com/calculator/bt6uqipy8q?lang=it
note that, the idea is to see that since the functions "escape", you can't find a uniform bound
yeah I see now, I can't dominate them as $k$ gets arbitrarily large
yes, you can't dominate them uniformly
15:34
lol my bad
the key word in analysis 2 is "uniform"
once you understand it you're done :D
I hate that word because of uniform convergence
and now I hate it even more
15:50
why? Uniform convergence is one of the few interesting analysis topics
most of it is overdone to oblivion or boring, or both
uniform convergence is one of those topics that can still tingle your brain in a good way, at least for me
@Jakobian I was joking obv, as I said yesterday, uniform convergence requires the most efforts to prove so I often can't do it, therefore I get frustrated :p
@Jakobian yeah I agree solving problems that tingle one's brain is motivating and rewarding
@SineoftheTime Is that, like, when you wear a uniform while whipping them?
16:07
no comment :|
16:19
@Thorgott I was not aware that Lurie actually defines an adjunction to be a bicartesian fibration $M \to \Delta^1$ lol
I guess that makes sense
ah, I never checked which definition he starts with
It apparently makes sense if you think of adjoints in terms of correspondences
Hi, can someone explain how the author "breaks up" the conic into two lines?
@BenSteffan yeah, it makes perfect sense, though of course one also should show that it's equivalent to the other usual definitions
16:37
which Lurie then proceeds to do, of course
16:53
yeah, but I'm peeved at how unnecessarily unwieldy his proof of Proposition 5.2.4.3 is for no apparent (at least to me) reason
casually flexing that you have a better proof? :^)
yeah, it's essentially obvious, which is why it puzzles me that Lurie presents such a long-winded proof
you just have to observe that the identity $1_{\mathcal{D}}=ps$ is a unit transformation for the adjunction, i.e. that $p$ induces an equivalence $\mathrm{map}_{\mathcal{C}}(sd,c)\rightarrow\mathrm{map}_{\mathcal{D}}(d,pc)$ for all $c,d$, but that's to say that $sd$ is a $p$-initial vertex and, for a cartesian fibration, being relative initial is the same as being initial in the fiber, as shown somewhere in chapter 4
17:20
Let $S$ be the SierpiƄski space. Does $S^{\aleph_0}$ contain a copy of $\omega$?
I guess this should be easy to answer if I just write down the details
ah yeah this is actually known
18:08
(I say that but I went with a direct argument)
18:36
I really want to say something stupid - but I won't
An prof, troubled by a student's inability to resolve a minus sign in a project said "Are you sure you're ready to go for a Phd?"
That was not the stupid thing btw
And happy saturday!
It's Sunday here:)
Nice
can't wait for sunday
go birds!!
19:04
I'm being forced to upload my paper to the arxiv today
I don't think it is ready
but it will probably be a good idea at the end of the day because I'll get feedback
it's honestly detrimental to wait
Any friends available to chime in?
Xander?
19:21
hi
19:49
hi
damn!
that's actually really interesting
earth has been predominantly cold
@ModularMindset you are looking at a TINY slice of time there.
(another tiny slice of time)
Longer timeline.
Of course, you also need to recognize that the baseline is often taken to be the period from around 1950-1990, as this is when the tools for studying climate change, and the recognition that it was going on, developed.
Things had already started getting warmer, so it makes sense that previous history looks"cold".
20:19
@XanderHenderson Not really your field but would you be able to give me any constructive feedback on my paper?
or just general guidance
21:05
@ModularMindset I'm on mobile. No.

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