[Math] a problem on uniform convergence of monotonic increasing function

real-analysis

For each $n ≥ 1$, let $ f_n$ be a monotonic increasing real valued function on [$0, 1$] such that the sequence of functions {$f_n$} converges pointwise to the function $f ≡ 0$. Pick out the true statements from the following:
a.$ f_n$ converges to $ f$ uniformly.
b. If the functions $f_n$ are also non-negative, then $f_n$ must be continuous for
sufficiently large $n$.


how would i able to solve this problem?can somebody help me.

Best Answer

(a) is true: $\sup_{x\in[0,1]}|f_n(x)-f(x)|=\sup_{x\in[0,1]}|f_n(x)|=f_n(1)\to0$

(b) is false: Consider for $n\in\mathbb N,~f_n:[0,1]\to\mathbb R:x\mapsto$$ \begin{cases} 0, & \text{if}~0\leq x\leq1-\frac{1}{n} \\ \frac{1}{n}, & \text{if}~1-\frac{1}{n}<x\leq 1 \\ \end{cases}$

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