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This question was asked in my previous Ph.D. qualifying for Analysis and I couldn't solve it. I have no clue on how to proceed.



Let $G$ be a locally compact group and let $f in C_c(G)$ where $C_c(G)$ is the set of all continuous functions on $G$ with compact supports. Then $forall epsilon > 0$, there is an open neighborhood $U$ of the identity such that whenever $y in xU$, it follows that $|f(x) - f(y)| < epsilon$.



What is the identity? what is a locally compact group? and what they mean for $xU$ ? a very odd problem for an analysis qualifying.










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    All the relevant definitions can be found on, say, Wikipedia. In the end, the problem boils down to showing that every continuous function on a compact space is uniformly continuous.
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    – MaoWao
    Jan 10 at 12:19










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    Wow... that was a low blow. Now I see it. I know how to prove that one.
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    – Richard Clare
    Jan 10 at 12:31










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    Probably you realize this, but note that $C_c(G)$ is the space of continuous functions with compact support...
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This question was asked in my previous Ph.D. qualifying for Analysis and I couldn't solve it. I have no clue on how to proceed.



Let $G$ be a locally compact group and let $f in C_c(G)$ where $C_c(G)$ is the set of all continuous functions on $G$ with compact supports. Then $forall epsilon > 0$, there is an open neighborhood $U$ of the identity such that whenever $y in xU$, it follows that $|f(x) - f(y)| < epsilon$.



What is the identity? what is a locally compact group? and what they mean for $xU$ ? a very odd problem for an analysis qualifying.










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    $begingroup$
    All the relevant definitions can be found on, say, Wikipedia. In the end, the problem boils down to showing that every continuous function on a compact space is uniformly continuous.
    $endgroup$
    – MaoWao
    Jan 10 at 12:19










  • $begingroup$
    Wow... that was a low blow. Now I see it. I know how to prove that one.
    $endgroup$
    – Richard Clare
    Jan 10 at 12:31










  • $begingroup$
    Probably you realize this, but note that $C_c(G)$ is the space of continuous functions with compact support...
    $endgroup$
    – David C. Ullrich
    Jan 10 at 17:09














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This question was asked in my previous Ph.D. qualifying for Analysis and I couldn't solve it. I have no clue on how to proceed.



Let $G$ be a locally compact group and let $f in C_c(G)$ where $C_c(G)$ is the set of all continuous functions on $G$ with compact supports. Then $forall epsilon > 0$, there is an open neighborhood $U$ of the identity such that whenever $y in xU$, it follows that $|f(x) - f(y)| < epsilon$.



What is the identity? what is a locally compact group? and what they mean for $xU$ ? a very odd problem for an analysis qualifying.










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This question was asked in my previous Ph.D. qualifying for Analysis and I couldn't solve it. I have no clue on how to proceed.



Let $G$ be a locally compact group and let $f in C_c(G)$ where $C_c(G)$ is the set of all continuous functions on $G$ with compact supports. Then $forall epsilon > 0$, there is an open neighborhood $U$ of the identity such that whenever $y in xU$, it follows that $|f(x) - f(y)| < epsilon$.



What is the identity? what is a locally compact group? and what they mean for $xU$ ? a very odd problem for an analysis qualifying.







real-analysis measure-theory continuity locally-compact-groups






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    $begingroup$
    All the relevant definitions can be found on, say, Wikipedia. In the end, the problem boils down to showing that every continuous function on a compact space is uniformly continuous.
    $endgroup$
    – MaoWao
    Jan 10 at 12:19










  • $begingroup$
    Wow... that was a low blow. Now I see it. I know how to prove that one.
    $endgroup$
    – Richard Clare
    Jan 10 at 12:31










  • $begingroup$
    Probably you realize this, but note that $C_c(G)$ is the space of continuous functions with compact support...
    $endgroup$
    – David C. Ullrich
    Jan 10 at 17:09














  • 1




    $begingroup$
    All the relevant definitions can be found on, say, Wikipedia. In the end, the problem boils down to showing that every continuous function on a compact space is uniformly continuous.
    $endgroup$
    – MaoWao
    Jan 10 at 12:19










  • $begingroup$
    Wow... that was a low blow. Now I see it. I know how to prove that one.
    $endgroup$
    – Richard Clare
    Jan 10 at 12:31










  • $begingroup$
    Probably you realize this, but note that $C_c(G)$ is the space of continuous functions with compact support...
    $endgroup$
    – David C. Ullrich
    Jan 10 at 17:09








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$begingroup$
All the relevant definitions can be found on, say, Wikipedia. In the end, the problem boils down to showing that every continuous function on a compact space is uniformly continuous.
$endgroup$
– MaoWao
Jan 10 at 12:19




$begingroup$
All the relevant definitions can be found on, say, Wikipedia. In the end, the problem boils down to showing that every continuous function on a compact space is uniformly continuous.
$endgroup$
– MaoWao
Jan 10 at 12:19












$begingroup$
Wow... that was a low blow. Now I see it. I know how to prove that one.
$endgroup$
– Richard Clare
Jan 10 at 12:31




$begingroup$
Wow... that was a low blow. Now I see it. I know how to prove that one.
$endgroup$
– Richard Clare
Jan 10 at 12:31












$begingroup$
Probably you realize this, but note that $C_c(G)$ is the space of continuous functions with compact support...
$endgroup$
– David C. Ullrich
Jan 10 at 17:09




$begingroup$
Probably you realize this, but note that $C_c(G)$ is the space of continuous functions with compact support...
$endgroup$
– David C. Ullrich
Jan 10 at 17:09










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