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A question says, show that $\sum_{n=1}^\infty n^{-x} $ converges pointwise but not uniformly for $x \in (1,\infty)$. I can show it converges pointwise by taking $x\in (1+\delta, \infty)$ for any $x$ and $\delta>0$ and then using the Weierstrass-M test on $1+\delta$.

But I'm struggeling to show that it doesn't converge uniformly? Thanks!

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Hint: The series diverges to infinity as $x\rightarrow 1$. In particular, for any $m$, we cannot bound $\sum_{n=m}^\infty n^{-x}$ uniformily, that is independently of $x$, for $x>1$.

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