Uniformly continuous map

A map between metric spaces where one delta works uniformly for all points for a given epsilon.
Uniformly continuous map

A uniformly continuous map between metric spaces (X,dX)(X,d_X) and (Y,dY)(Y,d_Y) is a map f ⁣:XYf\colon X\to Y such that for every ε>0\varepsilon>0 there exists δ>0\delta>0 with

dX(x,y)<δ    dY(f(x),f(y))<εfor all x,yX. d_X(x,y)<\delta \implies d_Y\bigl(f(x),f(y)\bigr)<\varepsilon \quad\text{for all } x,y\in X.

Uniform continuity strengthens by requiring δ\delta to depend only on ε\varepsilon (not on the point of XX). It is implied by , and it ensures that are sent to Cauchy sequences.

Examples:

  • The map f(x)=sinxf(x)=\sin x from R\mathbb{R} to R\mathbb{R} is uniformly continuous.
  • The map f(x)=x2f(x)=x^2 on R\mathbb{R} is not uniformly continuous, but it is uniformly continuous on any bounded interval such as [0,1][0,1].