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Ok, I have an almost solution, but it fails one requirement at one point for one function !
Problem: ] Find continuous functions [itex]f_{n}: [0,1] \rightarrow [0,\infty),\forall n\in\mathbb{N} [/itex] such that,
i. [itex]f_{n}(x) \rightarrow 0,\forall x\in [0,1] [/itex] as [itex]n \rightarrow \infty,[/itex]
and
ii. [itex]\int_0^1 f_{n}(x)dx \rightarrow \infty[/itex], as [itex]n \rightarrow \infty,[/itex]
but such that
iii. [itex]g(s):=\mbox{sup} \left\{ f_{n}(s) : n\in\mathbb{N}\right\} = \frac{1}{s}[/itex] on [itex]s\in (0,1][/itex] so [itex]\lim_{t \rightarrow 0^{+}} \int_t^1 g(s)ds = \infty .[/itex]
My (almost) Solution: Let
[tex]\chi_{A}(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}0,&\mbox{ if }
x \in \mbox{NOT}(A)\\1, & \mbox{ if } x\in A\end{array}\right.[/tex]
denote the characteristic function of the set A, where [itex]\mbox{NOT}(A)[/itex] is the complement of A.
Put [tex]f_{1}(x)=\frac{1}{x} \chi_{(0,1]}(x),[/tex] and let
[tex]f_{n}(x)=\frac{1}{nx} \chi_{(\frac{n-1}{n},1]}(x),[/tex] for [tex]n\geq 2[/tex].
Then [tex] \left\{ f_{n}(x) \right\} [/tex] satisfies properties i, ii, and iii, except that [itex]f_1[/itex] is not continuous (from the left) at x=0.
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Problem: ] Find continuous functions [itex]f_{n}: [0,1] \rightarrow [0,\infty),\forall n\in\mathbb{N} [/itex] such that,
i. [itex]f_{n}(x) \rightarrow 0,\forall x\in [0,1] [/itex] as [itex]n \rightarrow \infty,[/itex]
and
ii. [itex]\int_0^1 f_{n}(x)dx \rightarrow \infty[/itex], as [itex]n \rightarrow \infty,[/itex]
but such that
iii. [itex]g(s):=\mbox{sup} \left\{ f_{n}(s) : n\in\mathbb{N}\right\} = \frac{1}{s}[/itex] on [itex]s\in (0,1][/itex] so [itex]\lim_{t \rightarrow 0^{+}} \int_t^1 g(s)ds = \infty .[/itex]
My (almost) Solution: Let
[tex]\chi_{A}(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}0,&\mbox{ if }
x \in \mbox{NOT}(A)\\1, & \mbox{ if } x\in A\end{array}\right.[/tex]
denote the characteristic function of the set A, where [itex]\mbox{NOT}(A)[/itex] is the complement of A.
Put [tex]f_{1}(x)=\frac{1}{x} \chi_{(0,1]}(x),[/tex] and let
[tex]f_{n}(x)=\frac{1}{nx} \chi_{(\frac{n-1}{n},1]}(x),[/tex] for [tex]n\geq 2[/tex].
Then [tex] \left\{ f_{n}(x) \right\} [/tex] satisfies properties i, ii, and iii, except that [itex]f_1[/itex] is not continuous (from the left) at x=0.
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