Uniform convergence and integrability

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If $(f_n)_{n \in \Bbb N}$ converges to $f$ uniformly and each $f_n$ integrable would it imply $f$ is integrable and $$\lim_{n \to \infty}\int f_n = \int f$$

In case

  1. each $f_n$ is nonnegative

  2. general integrable functions $f_n$

I am considering Lebesgue integration.

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No. Consider the sequence of functions given by $$f_n(x)=\begin{cases} \frac1n&\text{if}\ 0<x<n^2\\ 0&\text{otherwise.} \end{cases}$$ Then for any $x>0$, $|f_n(x)|\leq\frac1n$ so $f_n\to f:=0$ uniformly. However, $$\int_0^\infty f_n(x)\ dx=n\to\infty$$ whereas $$\int_0^\infty f(x)\ dx=0.$$ This counterexample still has $f$ integrable but you get the idea.

In the case where all the $f_n$ are continuous and we are looking at a compact interval $[a,b]$ then your statement holds by a simple application of the dominated convergence theorem.