Let $p\in [1,\infty [$ and $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^n$ an open. Let $u_n,\in L^p$. We say that $u_n\rightharpoonup u$ (weak convergence) if $$\lim_{n\to \infty }\int_\Omega (u_n-u)\varphi=0$$ for all $\varphi\in L^{p'}$ (the dual of $L^p$).
Q1) First, what is a the intuition behind this definition ?
Q2) How can I bu sure that $(u_n-u)\varphi\in L^1$ ?In other word that $\int (u_n-u)\varphi$ exist for all $n$.