For maps between metric spaces, the following are equivalent: continuity, openness of preimages of open sets, closedness of preimages of closed sets, and sequential continuity (Melrose Prop 1.1).
Positive part f⁺ = max(f, 0) of a real-valued continuous function vanishing at infinity,
itself in C₀(X, ℝ).
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Negative part f⁻ = max(-f, 0) of a real-valued continuous function vanishing at infinity,
itself in C₀(X, ℝ).
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Pointwise evaluation of the positive part: f⁺(x) = max(f(x), 0).
Pointwise evaluation of the negative part: f⁻(x) = max(-f(x), 0).
Decomposition f = f⁺ - f⁻ in C₀(X, ℝ).
Pointwise bound: f⁺(x) ≤ |f(x)|.
Pointwise bound: f⁻(x) ≤ |f(x)|.
Nonnegativity of the positive part: 0 ≤ f⁺(x).
Nonnegativity of the negative part: 0 ≤ f⁻(x).
Uniqueness of the f⁺/f⁻ decomposition: any decomposition f = g - h with g, h both
nonnegative and pointwise bounded by |f| must coincide with (f⁺, f⁻).
Combined statement (Melrose Lemma 1.4): every f ∈ C₀(X, ℝ) admits the canonical
positive/negative decomposition f = f⁺ - f⁻ with the appropriate dominance bounds, and the
decomposition is unique among such pairs.
Two norms on V are equivalent if they are mutually controlled by a single positive
constant, i.e. (1/C) · norm₁ v ≤ norm₂ v ≤ C · norm₁ v for all v.
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Equivalence of norms on finite-dimensional vector spaces: any linear isomorphism between
finite-dimensional normed spaces gives rise to equivalent norms v ↦ ‖v‖ and v ↦ ‖e v‖.
A continuous linear functional is continuous at the origin.
A linear functional continuous at the origin sends the closed unit ball to a bounded set.
If a linear functional sends the unit ball to a bounded set, it satisfies a global linear
bound ‖u f‖ ≤ C · ‖f‖.
A linear functional satisfying a global linear bound ‖u f‖ ≤ C · ‖f‖ is continuous.
The four standard characterisations of continuity for a real linear functional on a real normed space are equivalent: global continuity, continuity at zero, bounded image of the unit ball, and existence of an operator-norm bound.