On discrete limits of sequences of piecewise linear functions (Q930107)

Let \(I= [0,1]\). A sequence \((f_n)\), \(f_n: I\to \mathbb{R}\) (\(\mathbb{R}\) -- the real line), discretly converges to a function \(f\), if for each point \(x\in I\) there is a positive integer \(n(x)\) such that \(f_n(x)= f(x)\) for all indices \(n> n(x)\). The author shows that the following conditions are equivalent: (1) there is a sequence of piecewise linear functions \(f_n: I\to\mathbb{R}\) which discretely converges to \(f\); (2) there are nonempty closed sets \(A_n\), \(n\geq 1\) such that \(I= \bigcup_n A_n\) and the restricted functions \(f|A_n\) are linear, i.e, for each positive integer \(n\) there are reals \(a_n\) and \(b_n\) with \(f(x)= a_n x+ b_n\) for \(x\in A_n\); (3) there is a sequence of piecewise linear functions \(g_n: I\to\mathbb{R}\) with the vertices belonging to the graph of \(f\) which discretely converges to \(f\).