(a) Let A⊂Rm and let f,fn:A→R be functions for n=1,2,3,… What does it mean to say that the sequence (fn) converges uniformly to f on A ? What does it mean to say that f is uniformly continuous?
(b) Let f:R→R be a uniformly continuous function. Determine whether each of the following statements is true or false. Give reasons for your answers.
(i) If fn(x)=f(x+1/n) for each n=1,2,3,… and each x∈R, then fn→f uniformly on R.
(ii) If gn(x)=(f(x+1/n))2 for each n=1,2,3,… and each x∈R, then gn→(f)2 uniformly on R.
(c) Let A be a closed, bounded subset of Rm. For each n=1,2,3,…, let gn:A→R be a continuous function such that (gn(x)) is a decreasing sequence for each x∈A. If δ∈R is such that for each n there is xn∈A with gn(xn)⩾δ, show that there is x0∈A such that limn→∞gn(x0)⩾δ.
Deduce the following: If fn:A→R is a continuous function for each n=1,2,3,… such that (fn(x)) is a decreasing sequence for each x∈A, and if the pointwise limit of (fn) is a continuous function f:A→R, then fn→f uniformly on A.