Tuesday, 10 September 2013

real analysis - function continuous and differentiable at exactly one point

Is it possible for there to be a function f:RR defined on some interval (ϵ,ϵ) for some ϵ>0 which is:




  • continuous only at 0

  • differentiable only at 0




If so, what would be the criteria for this? Or, is it required that for the derivative to exist at a point, the function must be continuous on some positive length interval containing that point?



Edit: Is there example of such function that doesn't make use of sets like "the rationals" or "the irrationals" in its definition?



Edit 2: What about some expression in x that only makes use of +,-,*,/, exponentiation, limits and infinite sequences. And, let's say you generate a sequence of such functions f1(x),f2(x),.... Can you find such a sequence of functions such that the limiting function is continuous and differentiable only at zero?

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