Pointwise Convergence

Definition (Pointwise convergence)

Let IRI\subset \mathbb{R} be an any interval and let (fn)nN(f_{n})_{n\in\mathbb{N}} be a sequence of real-valued functions on II:

  1. The sequence converges pointwise on II if the limit limnfn(x)\lim_{ n \to \infty } f_{n}(x) exists for each point xIx\in I
  2. The series n=1fn(x)\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}f_{n}(x)converges pointwise on II is the series Convergence for each point xIx\in I
  3. (fn)nN(f_{n})_{n\in\mathbb{N}} converges pointwise on II iff ϵ>0, xI, N>0:fn(x)f(x)<ϵ nN\forall\epsilon>0,\ \forall x\in I,\ \exists N>0 :|f_{n}(x)-f(x)|<\epsilon\ \forall n\ge N