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Title of object: uniform convergence
Canonical Name: UniformConvergence
Type: Definition

Created on: 2002-12-09 06:02:22
Modified on: 2002-12-11 12:12:15

Creator: Koro
Modifier: Koro
Author: Koro

Classification: msc:40A30
Defines: uniformly convergent

Revision comment (for changes between this and next version):

Changes for correction #6198 ('quote marks should look like ``this'', because ``this" doesn't work with latex2html').

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Let $X$ be any set, and let $(Y,d)$ be a metric space.
A sequence $f_1,f_2,\dots$ of functions mapping $X$ to $Y$ is said to be
\emph{uniformly convergent} to another function $f$ if, for each $\varepsilon>0$, there exists $N$ such that, for all $x$ and all $n>N$, we have $d(f_n(x),f(x))<\varepsilon$.
This is denoted by $f_n\xrightarrow[]{u} f$, or $``f_n\rightarrow f$ uniformly$"$ or, less frequently, by $f_n\rightrightarrows f$.