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A continuous function on a closed interval is uniformly continuous

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The notion of  uniform continuity  is a ``stronger'' version of (simple) continuity. If a function is uniformly continuous, it is continuous, but the converse does not generally hold (that is, a continuous function may not be uniformly continuous). However, if we restrict a continuous function on a closed interval, it is always uniformly continuous. Definition (Uniform continuity) The function f(x) on an interval I is said to be  uniformly continuous  on I if it satisfies the following condition. For any ε>0, there exists δ>0, such that, for all x,yI, |xy|<δ implies |f(x)f(y)|<ε.   In a logical form, this condition is expressed as  ε>0,δ>0,x,yI (|xy|<δ|f(x)f(y)|<ε). Remark . Compare the above condition for uniform continuity with the condition...