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:''For the notion of upper or lower semicontinuous multivalued function see: Hemicontinuity'' In mathematical analysis, semi-continuity (or semicontinuity) is a property of extended real-valued functions that is weaker than continuity. An extended real-valued function ''f'' is upper (respectively, lower) semi-continuous at a point ''x''0 if, roughly speaking, the function values for arguments near ''x''0 are either close to ''f''(''x''0) or less than (respectively, greater than) ''f''(''x''0). == Examples == Consider the function ''f'', piecewise defined by ''f''(''x'') = –1 for ''x'' < 0 and ''f''(''x'') = 1 for ''x'' ≥ 0. This function is upper semi-continuous at ''x''0 = 0, but not lower semi-continuous. The indicator function of an open set is lower semi-continuous, whereas the indicator function of a closed set is upper semi-continuous. The floor function , which returns the greatest integer less than or equal to a given real number ''x'', is everywhere upper semi-continuous. Similarly, the ceiling function is lower semi-continuous. A function may be upper or lower semi-continuous without being either left or right continuous. For example, the function : is upper semi-continuous at ''x'' = 1 although not left or right continuous. The limit from the left is equal to 1 and the limit from the right is equal to 1/2, both of which are different from the function value of 2. Similarly the function : is upper semi-continuous at ''x'' = 0 while the function limits from the left or right at zero do not even exist. If is a Euclidean space (or more generally, a metric space) and is the space of curves in (with the supremum distance , then the length functional , which assigns to each curve its length , is lower semicontinuous. Let be a measure space and let denote the set of positive measurable functions endowed with the topology of convergence in measure with respect to . Then the integral, seen as an operator from to is lower semi-continuous. This is just Fatou's lemma. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「semicontinuity」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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