Proving $1/x$ is uniformly continuous on $[1/2,1]$

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We wish to prove that $f(x)=\frac{1}{x}$ defined on $[1/2,1]$ is uniformly continuous.

Scratch work: Take $x,y \in [1/2,1]$, $|f(y)-f(x)|=|\frac{1}{y}-\frac{1}{x}|=|\frac{y-x}{xy}|$

At most $x=1,y=1$ so at most $|xy|=1$. Then $$\frac{|y-x|}{|xy|}\le|y-x|<\delta$$ So if we choose $\delta = \varepsilon$ our proof will be complete.

Proof: $\varepsilon>0 $ is given, choose $\delta = \varepsilon$,
$x,y\in[1/2,1]$ satisfying $|y-x|<\delta$ are given.

$|f(y)-f(x)|=|\frac{1}{y}-\frac{1}{x}|=|\frac{y-x}{xy}|\le|y-x| <\delta=\varepsilon$.

The proof is complete.

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