Suppose $g:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ is continuous. Define $F:C[0,1] \to C[0,1]$ by $F(f) =g\circ f$

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Suppose $g:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ is continuous. Define $F:C[0,1] \to C[0,1]$ by $F(f) =g\circ f$

a. Prove that $F$ is continuous

b. Prove that if $g$ is uniformly continuous, then $F$ is uniformly continuous

I was trying to use the definition of continuity to prove, but it didn't work out

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Point a)

Fix $f\in C[0,1]$.

Because $f$ is continuous and defined on a compact set, by Weierstrass theorem it attains its maximum, say $b\in\mathbb{R}$, and its minimum, say $a\in\mathbb{R}$. Because $g:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ is continuous and $[a-1,b+1]$ is compact, by Heine-Cantor theorem, $g$ is uniformly continuous on $[a-1,b+1]$.

Fix $\varepsilon>0$.

Let $\delta\in(0,1)$ such that $$\forall x,y\in[a-1,b+1], (|x-y|\le\delta)\implies(|g(x)-g(y)|\le\varepsilon).$$

Fix $\varphi\in C[0,1]$ such that $\|\varphi-f\|_\infty\le\delta$.

Fix $t\in[0,1]$.

Then $|\varphi(t)-f(t)|\le\delta$, so not only $f(t)\in[a,b]\subset[a-1,b+1]$ but also $\varphi(t)\in[a-1,b+1]$, and then: $$|F(\varphi)(t)-F(f)(t)|=|(g\circ \varphi)(t)-(g\circ f)(t)|=|g(\varphi(t))-g(f(t))|\le\varepsilon.$$ By the arbitrariness of $t$: $$\|F(\varphi)-F(f)\|_\infty\le\varepsilon.$$ By the arbitrariness of $\varphi$ and $\varepsilon$, $F$ is continuous in $f$.

By the arbitrariness of $f$, $F$ is continuous.

Point b)

Fix $\varepsilon>0$.

Let $\delta>0$ such that $$\forall x,y\in\mathbb{R}, (|x-y|\le\delta)\implies(|g(x)-g(y)|\le\varepsilon).$$

Fix $f_1,f_2\in C[0,1]$ such that $\|f_1-f_2\|_\infty\le\delta$.

Then $\forall t\in[0,1], |f_1(t)-f_2(t)|\le\delta$, so $$\forall t\in[0,1], |F(f_1)(t)-F(f_2)(t)|=|g(f_1(t))-g(f_2(t))|\le\varepsilon.$$ So: $$\|F(f_1)-F(f_2)\|_\infty=\sup_{t\in[0,1]}|F(f_1)(t)-F(f_2)(t)|\le\varepsilon.$$

By the arbitrariness of $f_1,f_2$ and $\varepsilon$, $F$ is uniformly continuous.