REAL ANALYSIS II HOMEWORK 3

BASANTA PAHARI

Result 1. 24.13 Prove that if (fn ) is a sequence of uniformly continuous functions on an

interval (a, b), and if fn f uniformly on (a, b), then f is also uniformly continuous on
(a, b).
Proof. Let (fn ) be a sequence of uniformly continuous functions on an interval (a, b), and
suppose fn f uniformly on (a, b). We show that f is also uniformly continuous on (a, b).
We have that for any x, y (a, b),
|f (x) f (y)| = |f (x) fn (x)| + |fn (x) fn (y)| + |fn (y) f (y)| .
Now let  <0. Since fn (x) is uniformly continuous, there exists an N N such that n >N
sup{|f (z) fn (z)| : (a, b)} < 3 .
Thus, the first term and the last term of the right side of above inequality are both less
than 3 . Moreover, since fN +1 is continuos on (a, b) , there exists a >0 such that |t s| >
implies |fN +1 (s) fN +1 (t)| < 3 . Thus if we choose n = N + 1, we have |x y| < implies
that |fn (x) fn (y)| < 3 .
Therefore. |x y| < that
|f (x) f (y)| = |f (x) fn (x)| + |fn (x) fn (y)| + |fn (y) f (y)| < 3 + 3 + 3 = . Hence, f is
also uniformly continuous on (a, b). We have that for any x, y (a, b).