Let (sn)n=1∞ be a sequence of continuous functions from R to R and let s:R→R be another continuous function. What does it mean to say that sn→s uniformly? Give examples (without proof) of a sequence (sn) of nonzero functions which converges to 0 uniformly, and of a sequence which converges to 0 pointwise but not uniformly. Show that if sn→s uniformly then
∫−11sn(x)dx→∫−11s(x)dx
Give an example of a continuous function s:R→R with s(x)⩾0 for all x,s(x)→0 as ∣x∣→∞ but for which ∫−∞∞s(x)dx does not converge. For each positive integer n define sn(x) to be equal to s(x) if ∣x∣⩽n, and to be s(n)min(1,∣∣x∣−n∣−2) for ∣x∣>n. Show that the functions sn are continuous, tend uniformly to s, and furthermore that ∫−∞∞sn(x)dx exists and is finite for all n.