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Every narrow neighborhood of a probability measure $\mu$ is also a wide neighborhood of $\mu$. Here is a sketch of a proof. Given $\varepsilon$, we take a compactly supported continuous $f:X\to[0,1]$ such that $\int f \rd\mu > 1-\varepsilon$. Now, consider another probability measure $\nu$ widely close to $\mu$, namely, satisfying $|\int f \rd(\mu-\nu)| < \varepsilon$ and therefore $\int f \rd\nu > 1-2\varepsilon$.
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Claim: If such $\nu$ satisfies $|\int fg \rd(\nu-\mu)|<\varepsilon$ for a given $g:X\to[-1,1]$ then $|\int g \rd(\nu-\mu)|<4\varepsilon$.
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if for every $\varepsilon$ there is a $\delta > 0$ such that,
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for any $a_1<b_1<a_2<b_2<\ldots < a_n<b_n \in I$ with $\sum_i |a_i -b_i| <\delta$, we have
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\[
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\sum_i d (f (b_i), f(a_i)) <\varepsilon\, .
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\]
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The  absolute continuity guarantees the uniform continuity. As for real  valued functions, there is a characterization through an appropriate  notion of derivative.
  
Proof of the claim: $ |\int g \rd(\nu-\mu) - \int fg \rd(\nu-\mu)| = |\int (1-f)g \rd(\nu-\mu)| \le |\int (1-f)g \rd\nu| + |\int (1-f)g \rd\mu| \le \int (1-f) \rd\nu + \int (1-f) \rd\mu < 2\varepsilon + \varepsilon $.
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'''Theorem 1'''
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A continuous function $f$ is absolutely continuous if and only if there is a function $g\in L^1_{loc} (I, \mathbb R)$ such that
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\begin{equation}\label{e:metric}
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d (f(b), f(a))\leq \int_a^b g(t)\, dt \qquad \forall a<b\in I\,
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\end{equation}
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(cp. with ). This theorem motivates the following
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'''Definition 2'''
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If  $f:I\to X$ is a absolutely continuous and $I$ is compact, the metric  derivative of $f$ is the function $g\in L^1$ with the smalles $L^1$ norm  such that \ref{e:metric} holds (cp. with )
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if for every $\varepsilon$ there is a $\delta > 0$ such that, for any $a_1<b_1<a_2<b_2<\ldots < a_n<b_n \in I$ with $\sum_i |a_i -b_i| <\delta$, we have \[ \sum_i d (f (b_i), f(a_i)) <\varepsilon\, . \] The absolute continuity guarantees the uniform continuity. As for real valued functions, there is a characterization through an appropriate notion of derivative.

Theorem 1 A continuous function $f$ is absolutely continuous if and only if there is a function $g\in L^1_{loc} (I, \mathbb R)$ such that \begin{equation}\label{e:metric} d (f(b), f(a))\leq \int_a^b g(t)\, dt \qquad \forall a<b\in I\, \end{equation} (cp. with ). This theorem motivates the following

Definition 2 If $f:I\to X$ is a absolutely continuous and $I$ is compact, the metric derivative of $f$ is the function $g\in L^1$ with the smalles $L^1$ norm such that \ref{e:metric} holds (cp. with )


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