Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford / 2023 / Prelims / Mathematics II / 5 / a / iii / Solution

Use uniform convergence to choose $N$ with $|f_n(x)-f_N(x)|\le 1$ for all $n\ge N$ and $x\in E$; this follows, for example, from the Uniform Cauchy criterion. Since each $f_j$ is a bounded function, put $M_j={\sup }_E|f_j|<\infty$ for $1\le j\le N$. Thenfor every $n$ and $x$. Thus $(f_n)$ is a uniformly bounded family of functions. The finite initial segment is essential: uniform convergence directly controls only a tail of a sequence.