[Math] Absolute uniform convergence implies uniform convergence

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Prove or refute:

Let $f_n(x)$ be sequence of functions. If $\displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\left|f_n(x)\right|$ uniformly convergent, then $\displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}f_n(x)$ uniformly convergent.

I thought about Weierstrass M-test and tried to prove the contrapositive claim, but unfortunately nothing seems to work. I tried to find a counter-example, but to no avail. I believe that the claim is true.

How should someone tackle this one?

Thanks!

Best Answer

Use the Cauchy Criterion for uniform convergence: a series converges uniformly iff $|∑_m^n f_i(x)|$ can be made arbitrarily small for all x at once by making $m,n>N$ for some $N$.

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