Is $t\sin\left(\frac1t\right)$ uniformly continuous on $(0,1)$?

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Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to (0,1)$, $f=t\sin\left(\frac1t\right)$. I think this function is uniformly continuous, but I don't see how to prove this formally. I can observe that if $s,t\in (0,1)$ and $|s-t|<\delta$, then the smaller $\delta$ we take, the smaller the quantity $$\left|t\sin\left(\frac1t\right)-s\sin\left(\frac1s\right)\right|\mbox{ (*)}$$ becomes. So we can take any $\varepsilon>0$ and any $s,t$, such that (*) is less than $\varepsilon$, and there will necessarily be a $\delta>0$ such that $|s-t|<\delta$.

I would appreciate some suggestions on what approach to take.

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If a function is differentiable, then it must necessarily be continuous.

Now,

$$\frac{df}{dt} = -\frac{1}{t}\cos{\frac{1}{t}} + \cos{\frac{1}{t}}$$

As you can see, the derivative is defined at all points except at $t=0$.

So for $t=0$, we will have to check the limit.

The limit is easy to calculate (by applying the squeeze theorem) and comes out to be

$$t\sin{\frac{1}{t}} = 0$$

when $t$ tends to $0$.

Hence proved.