That sequence is convergent pointwise but not uniformly convergent, but for what $\varepsilon$?

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Show that sequence of funcions converges pointwise but not uniformly convergent: $$ f_n(x)=\frac{n^2x}{1+n^3x^2} $$ Where $f_n(x): [0,1] \rightarrow R$

MY ATTEMPT

First I whot that conerges pointwise:

if $x\neq 0$ $$ \lim_{n\rightarrow+\infty}{\frac{n^2x}{1+n^3x^2}}=\lim_{n\rightarrow+\infty}{\frac{2nx}{3n^2x^2}}=\lim_{n\rightarrow+\infty}{\frac{2x}{6nx^2}}=0 $$

if $x = 0$ $$\lim_{n\rightarrow+\infty}{\frac{n^2x}{1+n^3x^2}}=0$$ So $f_n \rightarrow 0$.

Now i wanna show that convergence is not uniformly:

$$ |f_n(x)-f(x)|=|f_n(x)-0|=|f_n(x)|=f_n(x)=\frac{n^2x}{1+n^3x^2}>\frac{x}{1+n^3x^2} $$ ...

I don't know continue this!

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Another approach from the comments above is to find the maximum value of the function $f_n(x)$ by setting its derivative to zero. I find that the maximum occurs where $x=n^{-3/2}$ and the maximum value is $\sqrt{n}/2$. So even as the function goes pointwise to zero the maximum value goes to infinity -- therefore there's no way to find $\epsilon$ that traps $f(x)$ within $\epsilon$ of zero for $x\in [0,1]$.