Definition 6.1.1: A sequence of functions fₙ : S → ℝ converges pointwise
to f : S → ℝ if for every x ∈ S, the real sequence fₙ x converges to
f x (this is the default meaning of "converges" for sequences of functions
unless specified otherwise).
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- pointwiseConverges f g = ∀ (x : S), Filter.Tendsto (fun (n : ℕ) => f n x) Filter.atTop (nhds (g x))
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Proposition 6.1.5: A sequence of functions fₙ : S → ℝ converges
pointwise to f : S → ℝ if and only if for every x ∈ S and every ε > 0
there exists N such that |fₙ x - f x| < ε for all n ≥ N.
Example 6.1.2: On [-1,1], the sequence fₙ x := x^(2 n) converges
pointwise to the function that is 1 at x = -1 and x = 1, and 0
everywhere else in the closed interval. Outside [-1,1] the powers
x^(2 n) do not converge.
Example 6.1.3: For x ∈ (-1, 1) the partial sums of the geometric series
fₙ(x) = \sum_{k=0}^n x^k converge to 1 / (1 - x), so the function
\sum_{k=0}^\infty x^k is defined on (-1, 1) as this limit.
Example 6.1.4: The sequence of functions fₙ(x) = \sin (n x) does not
converge pointwise to any function on any interval, even though it converges
at isolated points such as x = 0 or x = π.
A concrete convergent point for fₙ(x) = \sin (n x) is x = π, where
the sequence is constantly zero.
In any nontrivial interval, we can choose x with x / (2π) irrational.
For any interval [a, b] there is a point where the sequence
fₙ(x) = \sin (n x) fails to converge.
Definition 6.1.6: A sequence of functions fₙ : S → ℝ converges uniformly
to f : S → ℝ if for every ε > 0 there exists N such that for all n ≥ N
and all x ∈ S, we have |fₙ x - f x| < ε.
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Proposition 6.1.7: If a sequence of functions fₙ : S → ℝ converges
uniformly to f : S → ℝ, then it converges pointwise to f.
Example 6.1.8: The sequence of even powers fₙ(x) = x^(2 n) converges
pointwise on [-1,1] to the function that is 1 at the endpoints and 0
elsewhere, but this convergence is not uniform on the whole interval.
Example 6.1.8 (continued): If we restrict to [-a, a] with 0 < a < 1,
then the even powers fₙ(x) = x^(2 n) converge uniformly to 0 on that
smaller interval.
Definition 6.1.9: For a bounded function f : S → ℝ, the uniform norm
is the supremum of the absolute value of f over the set S; this coincides
with the usual sup (or infinity) norm.
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Proposition 6.1.10: A sequence of bounded functions fₙ : S → ℝ
converges uniformly to f : S → ℝ if and only if the uniform norms of the
difference fₙ - f converge to 0.
Example 6.1.11: For fₙ(x) = (n x + \sin (n x^2)) / n on [0,1],
the sequence converges uniformly to the identity function x ↦ x.
Definition 6.1.12: A sequence of bounded functions fₙ : S → ℝ is
uniformly Cauchy (Cauchy in the uniform norm) if for every ε > 0 there
exists N such that for all m, k ≥ N, the uniform norm of fₘ - fₖ on S
is less than ε.
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- uniformlyCauchy f = ∀ ε > 0, ∃ (N : ℕ), ∀ m ≥ N, ∀ k ≥ N, (uniformNormOn Set.univ fun (x : S) => f m x - f k x) < ε
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Proposition 6.1.13: For bounded functions fₙ : S → ℝ, the sequence is
uniformly Cauchy (Cauchy in the uniform norm) if and only if there exists a
function f : S → ℝ such that fₙ converges uniformly to f.