Using calculus to see if the function f(x) is continuous at a point (point c) involves three steps. These three conditions must be met:
1. f(c) exists, is defined
2. lim f(x) exists
x-->c
3. f(c)= lim f(x)
x-->c
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Wherever a function is differentiable, it must also be continuous. The opposite is not true, however. For example, the absolute value function, f(x) =|x|, is not differentiable at x=0 even though it is continuous everywhere.
That's true. If a function is continuous, it's (Riemman) integrable, but the converse is not true.
If the function is continuous in the interval [a,b] where f(a)*f(b) < 0 (f(x) changes sign ) , then there must be a point c in the interval a<c<b such that f(c) = 0 . In other words , continuous function f in the interval [a,b] receives all all values between f(a) and f(b)
"Removable discontinuity" means the function is not defined at that point (it has a "hole"), but by changing the function definition at that single point, defining it to be certain value, it becomes continuous. "Irremovable discontinuity" means the function makes a sudden jump at that point. There are infinitely many functions like that; for example, you can set the function to be: f(x) is undefined at x = -2 f(x) = 0 for x < 2 (except for x = -2) f(x) = 1 for x > 2
Υou show that it is continuous in every element of it's domain.