convergency of a function series

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I've got the following function series:

$$ f(x) = \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty} \frac{e^{nx}-1}{2^ne^{nx}}$$

Is it punctually convergent and uniformly convergent?


What I have done is:

I've chosen the series $\frac{1}{2^n}$ which is bigger than the series given in the problem, and because of the theory of Weierstrass, I've said that as $\frac{1}{2^n}$ is convergent, the given series is also convergent punctually and uniformly. But I'm not sure this is OK. If it's not, how can I do it?

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I believe this can be put into the form of a geometric series s.t.

$$f(x) = \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty} \bigg(\frac{1}{2}\bigg)^n - \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty} \bigg(\frac{1}{2e^x}\bigg)^n $$

The first term can be evaluated without thought via the equation for the geometric series: $\sum_\limits{n =0}^{\infty} ar^k = \frac{a}{1-r}$, $\forall |r|<1$,

$$\implies f(x) = 2 - \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty} \bigg(\frac{1}{2e^x}\bigg)^n$$

The second term is also in the form of a geometric series, however it is only convergent if $\bigg|\frac{1}{2e^x} \bigg| < 1$.

More work is still require, but can you take it from here?