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Continuity

1) A function f is continuous at a point x0 if as the input x gets closer to x0, the output f(x) gets closer to f(x0). 2) A function has a limit L at a point x0 if as x approaches x0, f(x) approaches L. A function is continuous if it is continuous at every point in its domain. 3) The composition of continuous functions is continuous. If a continuous function maps a closed interval to another closed interval, then it reaches all values between its minimum and maximum.

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Continuity

1) A function f is continuous at a point x0 if as the input x gets closer to x0, the output f(x) gets closer to f(x0). 2) A function has a limit L at a point x0 if as x approaches x0, f(x) approaches L. A function is continuous if it is continuous at every point in its domain. 3) The composition of continuous functions is continuous. If a continuous function maps a closed interval to another closed interval, then it reaches all values between its minimum and maximum.

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MA 101 (Mathematics - I)

Continuity : Summary of Lectures

Definition: Let D(6= ∅) ⊂ R and let f : D → R.


We say that f is continuous at x0 ∈ D if for each ε > 0, there exists δ > 0 such that
|f (x) − f (x0 )| < ε for all x ∈ D satisfying |x − x0 | < δ.

We say that f : D → R is continuous if f is continuous at each x0 ∈ D.

Definition: Let D ⊂ R and let x0 ∈ R such that for some h > 0, (x0 −h, x0 +h)\{x0 } ⊂
D.
If f : D → R, then ` ∈ R is said to be the limit of f at x0 if for each ε > 0, there exists
δ > 0 such that |f (x) − `| < ε for all x ∈ D satisfying 0 < |x − x0 | < δ.

We write: lim f (x) = `.


x→x0

Similarly we define: lim f (x) = ` and lim f (x) = `.


x→x0 + x→x0 −

Result: Let D ⊂ R and let x0 ∈ D such that for some h > 0, (x0 − h, x0 + h) ⊂ D.
Then f : D → R is continuous iff lim f (x) = f (x0 ).
x→x0
Similarly the other two cases.

Sequential criterion of continuity: f : D → R is continuous at x0 ∈ D iff for


every sequence (xn ) in D such that xn → x0 , we have f (xn ) → f (x0 ).

Similar criterion for limit.

Examples:
½
3x + 2 if x < 1,
1. f (x) =
4x2 if x ≥ 1.
½ 1
x sin x if x 6= 0,
2. f (x) =
0 if x = 0.
½ 1
sin x if x 6= 0,
3. f (x) =
0 if x = 0.
½
1 if x ∈ Q,
4. f (x) =
0 if x ∈ R \ Q.
½
x if x ∈ Q,
5. f (x) =
−x if x ∈ R \ Q.

Result: Let f, g : D → R be continuous at x0 ∈ D. Then


(i) f + g, f g and |f | are continuous at x0 ,
(ii) f /g is continuous at x0 if g(x0 ) 6= 0.

Ex. Similar results for discontinuous functions?

Ex. If f : D → R is continuous at x0 and if f (x0 ) 6= 0, then show that there ex-


ists δ > 0 such that f (x) 6= 0 for all x ∈ (x0 − δ, x0 + δ).

Result: Composition of two continuous functions is continuous.


Further examples of continuous functions:
Polynomial function, Rational function, sine function, cosine function, etc.

Result: If f : [a, b] → R is continuous and if f (a) · f (b) < 0, then there exists c ∈ (a, b)
such that f (c) = 0.

Intermediate value theorem: Let I be an interval of R and let f : I → R be


continuous. If a, b ∈ I with a < b and if f (a) < k < f (b), then there exists c ∈ (a, b)
such that f (c) = k.

Examples:
1. The equation x2 = x sin x + cos x has at least two real roots.
2. If f : [0, 1] → [0, 1] is continuous, then there exists x0 ∈ [0, 1] such that f (x0 ) = x0 .
3. If f : [0, 2] → R is continuous such that f (0) = f (2), then there exist x1 , x2 ∈ [0, 2]
such that x1 − x2 = 1 and f (x1 ) = f (x2 ).

Result: If f : [a, b] → R is continuous, then f : [a, b] → R is bounded.

Result: If f : [a, b] → R is continuous, then there exist x0 , y0 ∈ [a, b] such that


f (x0 ) ≤ f (x) ≤ f (y0 ) for all x ∈ [a, b].

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