Let $D\_+$ be the set of non-increasing functions $f: [0,T]\to [0,1]$ that are right-continuous. Let $(f\_n)\_{n\ge 1}\subset D\_+$ be a sequence of continuous functions s.t. $\lim\_{n\to\infty }f\_n(t)$ exits for each $t\in [0,T]$. Denote by $\hat f$ its pointwise limit and by $f$ the right-continuous modification of $\hat f$, i.e. $f(t):=\lim\_{s\searrow t}\hat f(s)$. Denote by $d$ the Skorokhod metric on $D\_+$. I have two questions:


1. Does $\lim\_{n\to\infty}d(f\_n,f)=0$ hold?
2. If not, does $\lim\_{n\to\infty}d(f\_n,f)=0$ hold by assuming additionally that $f\_n$ increases to $f$?



Does pointwise convergence yield the convergence under Skorokhod topology?
The answer is no to both questions. E.g., suppose that $T=2$ and
$$f\_n(t)=1(t\le1-\tfrac1n)+n(1-t)1(1-\tfrac1n<t\le1).$$
Then $f\_n(t)$ increases in $n$ to $f(t)=1(t<1)$, and all the other conditions on $f\_n$ hold.


However, by the [definition of the Skorokhod metric](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A0dl%C3%A0g#Skorokhod_space), for each integer $n\ge1$, $t\_n:=1-\tfrac1{2n}$, and some strictly increasing continuous function $h\_n\colon[0,2]\to[0,2]$ we have  

$$d(f\_n,f)+\tfrac1n\ge|f\_n(t\_n)-f(h\_n(t\_n))|=|\tfrac12-f(h(t\_n))|
=\tfrac12,$$
since $f(t)\in\{0,1\}$ for each $t\in[0,2]$. So, $d(f\_n,f)\not\to0$.




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The idea of this example is simple: the range of each continuous decreasing function $f$ is connected, but the range of the right-continuous pointwise limit $f$ does not have to be connected, even if $f\_n$ increases to $f$.


It is easy to modify this example to make $f\_n(t)$ strictly decreasing in $n$ and in $t$, if so desired.


