Uniformly continuous maps between metric spaces

Content created by Louis Wasserman and Fredrik Bakke.

Created on 2026-01-01.
Last modified on 2026-01-10.

module metric-spaces.uniformly-continuous-maps-metric-spaces where
Imports 
open import elementary-number-theory.positive-rational-numbers

open import foundation.dependent-pair-types
open import foundation.existential-quantification
open import foundation.function-types
open import foundation.functoriality-dependent-pair-types
open import foundation.functoriality-propositional-truncation
open import foundation.inhabited-subtypes
open import foundation.inhabited-types
open import foundation.logical-equivalences
open import foundation.propositional-truncations
open import foundation.propositions
open import foundation.subtypes
open import foundation.universe-levels

open import lists.sequences

open import logic.functoriality-existential-quantification

open import metric-spaces.continuity-of-maps-at-points-metric-spaces
open import metric-spaces.isometries-metric-spaces
open import metric-spaces.maps-metric-spaces
open import metric-spaces.metric-spaces
open import metric-spaces.modulated-uniformly-continuous-maps-metric-spaces
open import metric-spaces.pointwise-continuous-maps-metric-spaces
open import metric-spaces.sequences-metric-spaces
open import metric-spaces.short-maps-metric-spaces

Idea

A map f between metric spaces X and Y is uniformly continuous if there exists a modulus of uniform continuity for it.

Definitions

The property of being a uniformly continuous map

module _
  {l1 l2 l3 l4 : Level}
  (X : Metric-Space l1 l2)
  (Y : Metric-Space l3 l4)
  (f : map-Metric-Space X Y)
  where

  is-uniformly-continuous-prop-map-Metric-Space : Prop (l1 ⊔ l2 ⊔ l4)
  is-uniformly-continuous-prop-map-Metric-Space =
    is-inhabited-Prop
      ( modulus-of-uniform-continuity-map-Metric-Space X Y f)

  is-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space : UU (l1 ⊔ l2 ⊔ l4)
  is-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space =
    type-Prop is-uniformly-continuous-prop-map-Metric-Space

The type of uniformly continuous maps between metric spaces

module _
  {l1 l2 l3 l4 : Level} (X : Metric-Space l1 l2) (Y : Metric-Space l3 l4)
  where

  uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space : UU (l1 ⊔ l2 ⊔ l3 ⊔ l4)
  uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space =
    type-subtype (is-uniformly-continuous-prop-map-Metric-Space X Y)

  map-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space :
    uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space →
    map-Metric-Space X Y
  map-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space = pr1

  is-uniformly-continuous-map-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space :
    (f : uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space) →
    is-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space
      ( X)
      ( Y)
      ( map-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space f)
  is-uniformly-continuous-map-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space =
    pr2

  uniformly-continuous-map-modulated-ucont-map-Metric-Space :
    modulated-ucont-map-Metric-Space X Y →
    uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space
  uniformly-continuous-map-modulated-ucont-map-Metric-Space (f , m) =
    (f , unit-trunc-Prop m)

Properties

The identity map is uniformly continuous

module _
  {l1 l2 : Level} (X : Metric-Space l1 l2)
  where

  is-uniformly-continuous-map-id-Metric-Space :
    is-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space X X id
  is-uniformly-continuous-map-id-Metric-Space =
    intro-exists id (λ _ _ _ → id)

The composition of uniformly continuous maps is uniformly continuous

module _
  {l1 l2 l3 l4 l5 l6 : Level}
  (X : Metric-Space l1 l2)
  (Y : Metric-Space l3 l4)
  (Z : Metric-Space l5 l6)
  where

  abstract
    is-uniformly-continuous-map-comp-Metric-Space :
      (g : map-Metric-Space Y Z) →
      (f : map-Metric-Space X Y) →
      is-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space Y Z g →
      is-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space X Y f →
      is-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space X Z (g ∘ f)
    is-uniformly-continuous-map-comp-Metric-Space g f =
      map-binary-trunc-Prop
        ( λ μg μf →
          pr2 (comp-modulated-ucont-map-Metric-Space X Y Z (g , μg) (f , μf)))

  comp-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space :
    uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space Y Z →
    uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space X Y →
    uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space X Z
  comp-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space g f =
    ( map-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space Y Z g ∘
      map-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space X Y f) ,
    ( is-uniformly-continuous-map-comp-Metric-Space
      ( map-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space Y Z g)
      ( map-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space X Y f)
      ( is-uniformly-continuous-map-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space
        ( Y)
        ( Z)
        ( g))
      ( is-uniformly-continuous-map-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space
        ( X)
        ( Y)
        ( f)))

Short maps are uniformly continuous

module _
  {l1 l2 l3 l4 : Level}
  (A : Metric-Space l1 l2)
  (B : Metric-Space l3 l4)
  where

  abstract
    is-uniformly-continuous-map-is-short-map-Metric-Space :
      (f : map-Metric-Space A B) →
      is-short-map-Metric-Space A B f →
      is-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space A B f
    is-uniformly-continuous-map-is-short-map-Metric-Space f H =
      intro-exists id (λ x d → H d x)

  uniformly-continuous-map-short-map-Metric-Space :
    short-map-Metric-Space A B →
    uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space A B
  uniformly-continuous-map-short-map-Metric-Space =
    tot is-uniformly-continuous-map-is-short-map-Metric-Space

Isometries are uniformly continuous

module _
  {l1 l2 l3 l4 : Level}
  (A : Metric-Space l1 l2) (B : Metric-Space l3 l4)
  where

  abstract
    is-uniformly-continuous-map-is-isometry-Metric-Space :
      (f : map-Metric-Space A B) →
      is-isometry-Metric-Space A B f →
      is-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space A B f
    is-uniformly-continuous-map-is-isometry-Metric-Space f =
      is-uniformly-continuous-map-is-short-map-Metric-Space A B f ∘
      is-short-map-is-isometry-Metric-Space A B f

  uniformly-continuous-map-isometry-Metric-Space :
    isometry-Metric-Space A B →
    uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space A B
  uniformly-continuous-map-isometry-Metric-Space =
    tot is-uniformly-continuous-map-is-isometry-Metric-Space

Uniformly continuous maps are pointwise continuous

module _
  {l1 l2 l3 l4 : Level}
  (X : Metric-Space l1 l2)
  (Y : Metric-Space l3 l4)
  where

  abstract
    is-pointwise-continuous-map-is-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space :
      (f : map-Metric-Space X Y) →
      is-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space X Y f →
      is-pointwise-continuous-map-Metric-Space X Y f
    is-pointwise-continuous-map-is-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space
      f H x = map-trunc-Prop (λ (μ , is-mod-μ) → (μ , is-mod-μ x)) H

  pointwise-continuous-map-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space :
    uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space X Y →
    pointwise-continuous-map-Metric-Space X Y
  pointwise-continuous-map-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space (f , H) =
    ( f ,
      is-pointwise-continuous-map-is-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space f H)

The action on sequences of uniformly continuous maps

module _
  {l1 l2 l3 l4 : Level}
  (X : Metric-Space l1 l2)
  (Y : Metric-Space l3 l4)
  (f : uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space X Y)
  where

  map-sequence-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space :
    sequence-type-Metric-Space X → sequence-type-Metric-Space Y
  map-sequence-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space =
    map-sequence (map-uniformly-continuous-map-Metric-Space X Y f)

See also

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