Lecture 20: Pointwise Convergence; Uniform Convergence

MIT 18.100B Real Analysis, Spring 2025
Instructor: Tobias Holck Colding
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We define arc length of curves in terms of integrals. We also explore the difference between pointwise and uniform convergence and show that Weierstrass M-test gives an easy to use criteria for when uniform convergence holds.

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