sequence of functions for which the derivative is bounded converges uniformly?

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I'd like to prove that for a sequence of differentiables functions $(f_n)$ on $[0;1]$ which converges to $0$, actually converges uniformly.

We only know that $\vert f'_n(x)\vert \leq 2015 + \cos(x) $ for all $x$ and $n$.

I know that it means that the derivatives of all functions from the sequence is bounded by 2016 and thus they are lipschitz, but I don't know if it helps to prove that the convergence is uniform.

Any help would be welcome.

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You have indeed identified the key element of the proof. The other is the compactness of $[0, 1]$.

If you don't want to work it out yourself :

Let $\varepsilon > 0$. Since $[0, 1]$ is compact, there exists an integer $N$ and $x_1, \ldots, x_N \in [0, 1]$ such that $$[0, 1] \subset \bigcup_{0 \leq i \leq N} B(x_i, \frac{\varepsilon}{2016}).$$ (no need for big guns here, you can just take $N = \mathrm{floor}(2016/\varepsilon)$ and $x_i = i/N $. Since $f_n(x_i) \underset{n \to \infty}{\longrightarrow} 0$ for every $0\leq i \leq N$, there exists $n_0 \geqslant 0$ such that $$\forall n \geq n_0, \forall 0 \leq i \leq N, |f_n(x_i)| \leq \varepsilon. $$ If $y \in [0, 1]$, there exists an index $i_0$ such that $x \in B(x_{i_0}, \frac{\varepsilon}{2016})$. Thus, applying the triangle inequality, $$ \forall n \geq n_0, \quad |f_n(y)| \leq |f_n(y) - f_n(x_{i_0})| + |f_n(x_{i_0})| \leq 2016\cdot |y - x_{i_0}| + |f_n(x_{i_0})| \leq 2 \varepsilon. $$ Hence, $$\forall n \geq n_0, \|f_n\|_{\infty} \leq 2\varepsilon.$$ The convergence is uniform.