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    Boxes of height $1/n$ and width $n$ converge uniformly but not in $L^1$

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    For \(n\geq 1\) let \(f_n\coloneqq\frac1n\chi_{[0,n]}\colon\RR\to\RR\), the box of height \(\frac1n\) over \([0,n]\). Then \(\sup_{x\in\RR}\abs{f_n(x)} = \frac1n\to 0\), so \(f_n\to 0\) uniformly on \(\RR\), but \(\int_\RR\abs{f_n - 0}\dx = 1\) for every \(n\), so \(f_n\not\to 0\) in \(L^1(\RR)\).

    Give an example of a sequence of functions that converge uniformly but not in $L^1$.

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