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An inductive limit topology on the Denjoy space

Posted on:2004-03-26Degree:Ph.DType:Thesis
University:Vanderbilt UniversityCandidate:Alewine, John AlanFull Text:PDF
GTID:2468390011966051Subject:Mathematics
Abstract/Summary:
In the early twentieth century, Denjoy and Perron independently created an integral generalizing that of Lebesgue. However, their integral has one major drawback: its definition is complicated. In the an integral that is equivalent to Denjoy's and Perron's, but whose definition is much less complicated. They defined their integral by slightly modifying one of the customary definitions of the Riemann integral; their δ is a positive function instead of a positive constant.; Let KH [a, b] = {lcub}f : [ a, b] → R | f is Kurzweil-Henstock integrable{rcub}. Some of the research concerning Kurzweil-Henstock integration has centered on determining a topology on KH [a, b] that naturally reflects the properties of the integral. The most widely investigated one is that given by the Alexiewicz norm f A=supx∈ a,b a
    x
ft dt
.
The space KH [a, b] equipped with this norm is called the Denjoy space. It is barreled but not complete. In this thesis, we consider certain equi-integrable subsets of KH [a, b]. We place a complete norm on these subsets that is based on a sequence of positive functions (δn) and construct an inductive limit topology based on these subsets. We then show that this topology is strictly stronger than the Alexiewicz topology.
Keywords/Search Tags:Topology, Denjoy, Integral, /italic
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