A differentiable function f: I→R is said to be uniformly differentiable on I=[a, b] if for every ɛ>0 there exists δ>0 such that if  0< |x-y|<δ and x, y ∊ I then |(f(x)-f(y))/(x-y) - f'(x)| < ɛ. Show that if f is uniformly differentiable on I, then f' is continuous on I.

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A differentiable function f: I→R is said to be uniformly differentiable on I=[a, b] if for every ɛ>0 there exists δ>0 such that if  0< |x-y|<δ and x, y ∊ I then |(f(x)-f(y))/(x-y) - f'(x)| < ɛ. Show that if f is uniformly differentiable on I, then f' is continuous on I.

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