I was reading Brezis I stuck at following Example
I do not know how contradication occur. First we take functional of compact supported space then we extend than function to whole $L^{\infty}$ this I understand
But I do not understand why to take f(0)=0 and proceed .
Please can any one give me idea about proof
Any Help will be appreciated
Of course when it is assumed that $\displaystyle\int uf=\left<\phi,f\right>=f(0)$ and $f(0)=0$, then $\displaystyle\int uf=0$ for all such $f$.
The statement that $\left<\phi,f\right>=0$ for all $f\in L^{\infty}$ entails that $\left<\phi,f\right>=f(0)=0$ for $f\in C_{c}$ by the extension, this is a contradiction since we can always find $f\in C_{c}$ such that $f(0)\ne 0$, say, a triangle splines with $f(0)=1$.