Show if is true or false: if (fn) converges uniformly to f, and fn is uniformly continuous for all n then f is uniformly continuous
I think is true. My attempt to prove it: if (fn)→f uniformly then we can write
(∀ε>0)(∃N∈N)(∀x∈D):|fn(x)−f(x)|<ε,∀n>N
and cause all fn are uniformly continuous
(∀ε>0)(∃δ>0)(∀x,y∈D):|x−y|<δ⟹|fn(x)−fn(y)|<ε,∀n∈N
and I want to prove that both conditions implies
(∀ε>0)(∃δ>0)(∀x,y∈D):|x−y|<δ⟹|f(x)−f(y)|<ε
where D is the domain of all of them (cause I have the previous knowledge that uniform convergence of continuous functions implies that the limit function is continuous).
Then from (3) I can write
|f(x)−f(y)|=|f(x)−fm(x)+fm(x)−f(y)|≤|f(x)−fm(x)|+|fm(x)−f(y)|
Then I will use some m that holds (1) for some ε3. And from (2) I will use the δ that holds for the same ε3. If |f(y)−fm(y)|<ε3 then $f(y)
|f(x)−f(y)|≤|f(x)−fm(x)|+|fm(x)−f(y)|<ε3+|fm(x)−fm(y)−ε3|<ε3+|fm(x)−fm(y)|+ε3<ε3+ε3+ε3=ε
then it proves that exists a δ such that |f(x)−f(y)|<ε for some ε in the required conditions. Now, can you check my proof, telling me if it is right or if it lacks something? Thank you in advance.
Answer
Choose a δ which works in equation (2) for ϵ0=ϵ3>0. Then, by (1) (uniform convergence) we have an N such that |fn(x)−f(x)|<ε and |fn(y)−f(y)|<ε holds ∀m>N. Now we apply the manipulation in clark's comment to obtain:
|f(x)−f(y)|≤|f(x)−fm(x)|+|fm(x)−fm(y)|+|fm(y)−f(y)|
From here, we have
|f(x)−fm(x)|<ϵ0=ϵ3 by uniform converge (at x)
|fm(x)−fm(y)|<ϵ0=ϵ3 by uniform continuity (of fm)
|fm(y)−f(y)|<ϵ0=ϵ3 by uniform converge (at y)
Thus we now know that
|f(x)−fm(x)|+|fm(x)−fm(y)|+|fm(y)−f(y)|<ϵ3+ϵ3+ϵ3=ϵ
as required.
Note how carefully I selected my δ, feel free to ask why I did things this way if any of what I did seems unnecessary to you.
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