# Is the hypothesis of this theorem repetitive?

The following Theorem as stated is from Rudin's Principles of Mathematical Analysis.

7.25 Theorem If $K$ is compact, if $f_n \in \mathscr{C}(K)$ for $n = 1,2,3,...,$ and if $\{f_n\}$ is pointwise bounded and equicontinuous on $K$, then

(a) $\{f_n\}$ is uniformly bounded on $K$,

(b) $\{f_n\}$ contains a uniformly convergent subsequence.

Question If $\{f_n\}$ is a family of equicontinuous functions on a compact $K$, then doesn't that automatically imply $f_n \in \mathscr{C}(K)$, where $\mathscr{C}(K)$ is the set of complex-valued, continuous, bounded functions? If so, why did Rudin include the $$if $f_n \in \mathscr{C}(K)$ for $n = 1, 2, 3, ...,$'' part in his hypothesis? Is there something I am missing?

• It's redundant, sure, but in a sense the hypothesis about $f_n$ is sort of specifying the type of objects we're looking at, and the rest is specifying what they do. This is a common situation in mathematics. If you didn't write that, you'd still want to say "$f_n : K \to \mathbb{C}$" (or "$f_n$ are real-valued functions on $K$", or similar) and it would take even more symbols to write out anyway. – Ian Mar 22 '17 at 18:33

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