McGill University

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

MATH 243 Analysis 2, Winter 2023
Assignment 7

You should carefully work out all problems. However, you do not have to submit
this assignment!

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1. Let fn : R → R, fn (x) := .
1 + n2 x2
(a) Prove that fn → f ≡ 0 on R.
(b) Prove that fn ⇒ f on any interval of the form [a, ∞[ where a > 0 but that fn 6⇒ f on [0, ∞[.

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2. Let fn : [0, ∞[→ R, fn (x) := .
1 + xn
(a) Prove that (fn ) converges pointwise on [0, ∞[ and determine f := lim (fn ).
(b) Prove that fn ⇒ f on any interval of the form [0, a] where 0 < a < 1 but that fn 6⇒ f on
[0, 1].

3. We know that the set of all rational numbers Q is countably infinite. Let r1 , r2 , r3 . . . be any
enumeration of Q ∩ [0, 1]. Define a sequence (fn ) of functions fn : [0, 1] → R as follows:
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1 if x ∈ {r1 , . . . , rn }
fn (x) :=
0 otherwise

(a) Prove that fn is Riemann integrable on [0, 1] for all n ∈ N.

(b) Prove that (fn ) converges pointwise on [0, 1] to a function f which is not Riemann integrable
on [0, 1].
(c) Prove that (fn ) does not converge uniformly to f on [0, 1].

4. Let fn , gn , f, g : A → R with fn ⇒ f and gn ⇒ g on A. Prove that fn + gn ⇒ f + g on A.

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5. Let fn : R → R, fn (x) := x + n for all n ∈ N. Let furthermore f : R → R, f (x) := x.

(a) Prove that fn ⇒ f on R.

(b) Prove, however, that (fn2 ) does not converge uniformly on R.

Remark: This shows that the product of two uniformly convergent sequences of functions is not
necessarily uniformly convergent.