Absolutely convergent but not uniformly convergent

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The series \(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}2^{k}\sin\left(\frac{1}{3^{k}x}\right)\) converges absolutely for non-zero \(x\) but does not converge uniformly on any interval \((\epsilon, \infty)\). The absolute convergence is demonstrated by transforming the series into the form \(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}x\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)^{k}\frac{\sin x}{x}\), which is a convergent geometric series. However, the uniform convergence is challenged by the inability to bound the tail of the series using the Cauchy criterion, as the limit of the series is less than \(3x\) but not definitively equal to it.

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I'm trying to show \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}2^{k}sin(\frac{1}{3^{k}x}) does not converge uniformly on any (epsilon, infinity)

now I was able to show that it converges absolutely for x nonzero, by getting it in the form \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}x\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)^{k}\frac{sinx}{x} and so the sinx/x < 1 drops out and so its a convergent geometric series. This x is not really x, I just mean its of the form sinx/x. so the series converges to 3x. However I'm not sure about the uniform part, I'm trying to show for any episilon, I can't bound the tail of the series but I don't know that it converges to 3x do I, all I know is that it converges to something smaller than 3x

so I need to bound the tail using cauchy criterion but can't figure out why it's true. ie for n sufficiently large, \sum_{k=n}^{m}2^{k}sin(\frac{1}{3^{k}x}) needs to be less than any given \varepsilon
 
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I'm trying to show \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}2^{k}sin(\frac{1}{3^{k}x}) does not converge uniformly on any (\epsilon, \infty)
 

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