13.4 Riemann-Stieltjes Integrals and Functions of Bounded Variation
Proposition 13.4.1.label Let $[a, b] \subset \real$, $E, F, H$ be locally convex spaces, and $E \times F \to H$ with $(x, y) \mapsto xy$ be a continuous bilinear map, and $G: [a, b] \to F$.
Let $[\cdot]_{H}$ be a continuous seminorm on $H$, then there exists continuous seminorms $[\cdot]_{E}$ on $E$ and $[\cdot]_{F}$ on $F$ such that for any $f \in RS([a, b], G)$,
Proof. By Proposition 11.2.2, there exists continuous seminorms $[\cdot]_{E}$ on $E$ and $[\cdot]_{F}$ on $F$ such that $[xy]_{H} \le [x]_{E}[y]_{F}$ for all $(x, y) \in E \times F$.
Let $(P = \seqfz{x_j}, c = \seqf{c_j}) \in \scp_{t}([a, b])$, then
$\square$
Proposition 13.4.2.label Let $[a, b] \subset \real$, $E, F, H$ be locally convex spaces, and $E \times F \to H$ with $(x, y) \mapsto xy$ be a continuous bilinear map, and $G \in BV([a, b]; F)$.
For each continuous seminorm $\rho$ on $E$ and $f: [a, b] \to E$, define
Let $\net{f}\subset RS([a, b], G)$ such that:
- (a)
For each continuous seminorm $\rho$ on $E$, $[f_{\alpha} - f]_{u, \rho}\to 0$.
- (b)
$\lim_{\alpha \in A}\int_{a}^{b} f_{\alpha} dG$ exists.
then $f \in RS([a, b], G)$ and $\int_{a}^{b} f dG = \lim_{\alpha \in A}\int_{a}^{b} f_{\alpha} dG$. In particular,
- (1)
If $H$ is complete, then condition (b) may be omitted.
- (2)
If $H$ is sequentially complete and $A = \nat^{+}$, then condition (b) may be omitted.
Proof. Let $(P = \seqfz{x_j}, c = \seqf{c_j}) \in \scp_{t}([a, b])$, then
Let $\rho$ be a continuous seminorm on $H$, and $[\cdot]_{E}$ and $[\cdot]_{F}$ be continuous seminorms on $E$ and $F$ such that $\rho(xy) \le [x]_{E}[y]_{F}$ for all $(x, y) \in E \times F$.
Let $\eps > 0$, then by assumption (a) and (b), there exists $\alpha \in A$ such that:
- (1)
$[f - f_{\alpha}]_{E} < \eps/(3[G]_{\text{var}, F})$.
- (2)
$\rho\paren{\int_a^b f_\alpha dG - \lim_{\alpha \in A}\int_a^b f_\alpha dG}< \eps/3$.
Since $f_{\alpha} \in RS([a, b], G)$, there exists $P_{0} \in \scp([a, b])$ such that if $P \ge P_{0}$,
- (3)
$\rho\paren{S(P, c, f_\alpha, G) - \int_a^b f_\alpha dG}< \eps/3$.
Thus for any $(P, c) \in \scp_{t}([a, b])$ with $P \ge P_{0}$,
$\square$
Proposition 13.4.3.label Let $[a, b] \subset \real$, $E, F$ be locally convex spaces, $H$ be a sequentially complete locally convex space, and $E \times F \to H$ with $(x, y) \mapsto xy$ be a continuous bilinear map.
Let $f \in C([a, b]; E)$, $G \in BV([a, b]; F)$, then
- (1)
$f \in RS([a, b], G)$.
- (2)
For any $\seq{(P_n, t_n)}\subset \scp_{t}([a, b])$ with $\sigma(P_{n}) \to 0$,
\[\int_{a}^{b} fdG = \limv{n}S(P_{n}, t_{n}, f, G)\]
Proof. Let $\rho$ be a continuous seminorm on $H$, and $[\cdot]_{E}$ and $[\cdot]_{F}$ be continuous seminorms on $E$ and $F$ such that $\rho(xy) \le [x]_{E}[y]_{F}$ for all $(x, y) \in E \times F$.
Let $(P = \seqfz{x_j}, c = \seqf{c_j}), (Q = \seqfz[m]{y_j}, d = \seqf[m]{d_j}) \in \scp_{t}([a, b])$ with $Q \ge P$, then
Therefore for any two $(P, c), (Q, d) \in \scp_{t}([a, b])$,
by passing through a common refinement. Since $f \in C([a, b]; E)$, this bound tends to $0$ as $\max(\sigma(P), \sigma(Q))$ tends to $0$, so $\angles{S(P, c, f, G)}_{(P, c) \in \scp_t([a, b])}$ is a Cauchy net.
In addition, for any $\seq{(P_n, t_n)}$ as in (2), $\limv{n}S(P_{n}, t_{n}, f, G)$ exists by sequential completeness. Since $\angles{S(P, c, f, G)}_{(P, c) \in \scp_t([a, b])}$ is Cauchy, the limit $\lim_{(P, c) \in \scp_t([a, b])}S(P, c, f, G)$ exists as well and is equal to $\limv{n}S(P_{n}, t_{n}, f, G)$.$\square$