Progress over the past week.

src/fa/rs/bv.tex

@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@
     \]
     By assumption (b), $[0, M_\rho]$ is in the filter generated by $V_{\rho, P}(\fF)$. Thus $V_{\rho, P}(f) \le M_\rho$. As this holds for all $P \in \scp([a, b])$, $V_{\rho, P}(f) \le M_\rho$, and $f \in BV([a, b]; E)$.
 
-    (5): For each $n \in \nat$, let
+    (5): For each $n \in \nat^+$, let
     \[
     D_n = \bracs{x \in [a, b]|\forall \eps > 0, \exists y \in (x - \eps, x + \eps): \norm{f(x) - f(y)}_E \ge 1/n}
     \]
-    then $D = \bigcup_{n \in \nat}D_n$ is the set of discontinuity points of $f$. If $D$ is uncountable, then there exists $N \in \nat$ such that $D_n$ is infinite.
+    then $D = \bigcup_{n \in \nat^+}D_n$ is the set of discontinuity points of $f$. If $D$ is uncountable, then there exists $N \in \nat^+$ such that $D_n$ is infinite.
 
-    Fix $N \in \nat$. Let $E_1 = D_n \cap (a, b)$ and $I_1 = (a, b)$, then
+    Fix $N \in \nat^+$. Let $E_1 = D_n \cap (a, b)$ and $I_1 = (a, b)$, then
     \begin{enumerate}
         \item[(a)] $|E_k| \ge N - k$.
         \item[(b)] $E_k \subset I_k^o$.
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@
 
     Let $k \le N$ and suppose inductively that $E_k, I_k$ have been constructed. Let $x_k \in E_k$, then by (b), there exists $\eps > 0$ such that $[x_k - \eps, x_k + \eps] \subset I_k$ and $|E_k \setminus [x_k - \eps, x_k + \eps]| \ge N - k$. Let $y_k \in [x_k - \eps, x_k + \eps]$ such that $\norm{f(x_k) - f(y_k)} \ge 1/n$, $I_{k + 1} = I_k \setminus [x_k - \eps, x_k + \eps]$, and $E_{k+1} = E_k \setminus [x_k - \eps, x_k + \eps]$, then $I_k$ and $E_k$ satisfies (a) and (b).
 
-    Therefore there exists pairs $\bracs{(x_k, y_k)|1 \le k \le N}$ such that $\norm{f(x_k) - f(y_k)}_E \ge 1/n$ for all $n$, and the smallest interval containing each $(x_k, y_k)$ are pairwise disjoint. Thus $[f]_{\var} \ge N/n$ for all $N \in \nat$, so $[f]_{\var} = \infty$.
+    Therefore there exists pairs $\bracs{(x_k, y_k)|1 \le k \le N}$ such that $\norm{f(x_k) - f(y_k)}_E \ge 1/n$ for all $n$, and the smallest interval containing each $(x_k, y_k)$ are pairwise disjoint. Thus $[f]_{\var} \ge N/n$ for all $N \in \nat^+$, so $[f]_{\var} = \infty$.
 \end{proof}