Lebl-Basic-Analysis-I · Problem 6.2.1

Sequences of Functions

Mathematics · uniform-convergence-not-differentiable-limit

Problem

Find an explicit example of a sequence of differentiable functions on [−1,1][-1,1] that converge uniformly to a function ff such that ff is not differentiable. Hint: There are many possibilities, simplest is perhaps to combine ∣x∣|x| and n2x2+12n\frac{n}{2}x^2 + \frac{1}{2n}, another is to consider x2+(1/n)2\sqrt{x^2 + (1/n)^2}. Show that these functions are differentiable, converge uniformly, and then show that the limit is not differentiable.

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