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SIZES OF COMPACT SUBSETS OF HILBERT SPACE 327<br />

Pro<strong>of</strong>. We can restrict ourselves to 0 < t < 2~. For any s <strong>and</strong> t<br />

in (0, 271),<br />

Let<br />

Jws - 4”) = E 1 rnfl /%A( cos 11s - cos nt) + fimTn(sin tls - sin &)I21<br />

= 2 f pm2(1 - cos (n(s - t))).<br />

n-1<br />

B” = ;l Pm2 = gl ti2, b = gl ti .<br />

Given E > 0, we choose a minimal M(E) such that<br />

For all x, 1 - cos x < x2, so if<br />

<strong>the</strong>n<br />

Hence<br />

1 s - t ) < 42@M,<br />

2 5 /3%2(1 - cos (n(s - t))) < q4<br />

n-1<br />

N(S, E) < 2 %h,BM/e + 1.<br />

Now M(C) < 2i for <strong>the</strong> least i such that<br />

For any 6 > 0,<br />

for l small enough by (5.2). Thus<br />

n({ti}, l 2/8b) < ( 1/e2)l+*<br />

M(r) < 2.~-~‘~+5’<br />

for E small enough. Hence r(S) < 2. Q.E.D.<br />

PROPOSITION 7.3. If C /Ia < co, <strong>the</strong>n series (1”) conwerges uni-

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