$\epsilon-\delta$ proof that $f(x) = x \sin(1/x)$ on $(0,1)$ is uniformly continuous

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I have to prove

$$ f: (0,1) \to [-1,1], \ \ f(x)=x\sin(1/x) $$

using $\epsilon-\delta$.


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Fix $\epsilon >0$. I have

$$ \left|x \sin(1/x) - y \sin (1/y)\right| \le |\sin (1/x)| |x-y| + |y| |\sin (1/x) - \sin(1/y)| $$

I can control $|\sin (1/x)| |x-y|$ part, since I can control $|x-y|$ and $|\sin(1/x)| \le 1$. But I don't know how to deal with $|y| |\sin (1/x) - \sin(1/y)|$ part.

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Using the prosthaphaereis formula

$$|y| \left|\sin \frac{1}{x} - \sin\frac{1}{y} \right| = 2|y|\left|\sin \frac{x^{-1}-y^{-1}}{2} \right| \left|\cos \frac{x^{-1}+y^{-1}}{2} \right| \leqslant 2|y|\left|\frac{x^{-1} - y^{-1}}{2} \right| \\\leqslant \frac{|x-y|}{|x|}$$

WLOG assume $x > y$ -- otherwise, work with the alternative estimate $|x| \left|\sin \frac{1}{x} - \sin\frac{1}{y} \right|$.

Note that we also have

$$|y| \left|\sin \frac{1}{x} - \sin\frac{1}{y} \right| \leqslant 2|y|$$

Suppose $|x - y| < \frac{\epsilon^2}{2}$. Either $|y| < \frac{\epsilon}{2}$ and we have

$$|y| \left|\sin \frac{1}{x} - \sin\frac{1}{y} \right| \leqslant 2\frac{\epsilon}{2} = \epsilon,$$

or

$$|x| > |y| \geqslant \frac{\epsilon}{2},$$

and

$$|y| \left|\sin \frac{1}{x} - \sin\frac{1}{y} \right|\leqslant \frac{|x-y|}{|x|} < \frac{2}{\epsilon} \frac{\epsilon^2}{2} = \epsilon$$

Thus, $|x-y| < \frac{\epsilon^2}{2}$ implies $|y| \left|\sin \frac{1}{x} - \sin\frac{1}{y} \right|\leqslant \epsilon$ for all $x,y \in (0,1)$.

The estimate on the first line is only sharp enough to prove uniform continuity on an interval $[a,1)$ where $a > 0$. However, we know that $x \sin \frac{1}{x} \to 0 $ as $x \to 0$ and this implies continuous extendibility to $[0,1)$ and, hence uniform continuity on $(0,1)$. The argument above combines both of these elements into an $\epsilon - \delta$ proof.