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1
x1
if x = 1,
if x = 1.
f (x) =
1 x2
if x < 1,
1
x
if x 1.
f (x) =
x2 x
x2 1
if x = 1,
if x = 1.
x2
2
f (x) =
ax bx + 3
if 2 x < 3,
2x a + b
if x 3.
c (0, 1) where 3 c = 1 c.
Problem 12 : (#1.8.63 from [Stewart].)
Is the following function continuous at any point? Justify your answer.
{
if x is rational,
0
f (x) =
1
if x is irrational.
Hint: Your solution to this problem and the next will need the following
fact. In every open interval of the form (a, b), with a < b, there exists at
least one rational number and at least one irrational number. A proof of
this needs a deep understanding of the system of real numbers, R.
Problem 13 : (#1.8.64 from [Stewart].)
Is the following function continuous at any point? Justify your answer.
{
0
if x is rational,
f (x) =
x
if x is irrational.
a
b
+ 3
= 0.
2
+ 2x 1 x + x 2
xa
Comment: I suggest you start by writing out explicitly what you know
already about the functions f (x) and g(x), and then writing out explicitly
what you are looking for. (Something like: Find a rule () such that...).
You main task is to nd a way to express the you need in terms of the
assumed information f and g .
Problem 18
Explain why the theorem you just proved in Problem 17 is equivalent to the
following statement: If f and g are functions and a is a real number such
that
g(x) is continuous at a, and
f (x) is continuous at g(a),
then the composition f g is continuous at x = a.
Comment: By equivalent I mean produce short arguments deducing each
of these two statements from the other.