Friday, 22 August 2014

continuity - Prove discontinuity of piecewise linear function using epsilon-delta



Let f(x)={2x+3 for x1,x+5 for x<1.



f is continuous from the right at x1.
The proof would be:




Let ϵ>0 be arbitrary.



Let x01.



Let δ=ϵ/2.



Let xR and $x_0\leq x

Thus |f(x)f(x0)|=|2x+32x03|=|2x2x0|=2|xx0|<2δ=2ϵ/2=ϵ.




This comes from the definition for continuity from the right:ϵ>0δ>0 such that if xI and $x_0\leq x

Prove f is discontinuous from the left at x=1 using the definition: ϵ>0δ>0 such that if xI and $x_0-\delta

I can't seem to find ϵ. But I think the proof would go like:



Let ϵ = ?



Let δ>0 be arbitrary.




Let x0<1.



Let xI that is to say x<1 and $x_0-\delta

Then from there is figuring out |f(x)f(x0)|ϵ which I don't get because |f(x)f(x0)|=|x+5+x05|=|x+x0|=|xx0|<δ.



So would you set ϵδ?



I know my definitions are correct. My teacher has drilled them into our brains. I stands for the domain of f which is the reals or R except the domain is split in two. And by "from the right" and "from the left" I mean that the space between x and x0 denoted as δ, or |xx0|<δ, is only calculated on one side, either adding or subtracting δ, not by doing both which would be $x_0-\delta

Answer



Hint 1: Show that lim=4. However f(1)=5 which is not equal to the left limit. Showing this is sufficient to say that f is not left continuous at 1. Hope this helps.



Hint 2 : Take ϵ=1/2. Let δ>0. What I want you to do is to prove the converse of the definition of left continuity. Suppose x<1. Observe that |f(x)-f(1)|=|-x+5-2(1)-3|=|-x|=|x|. Clearly which ever interval (1-δ,1) that is formed depending on δ there always exists a x that is in (1-δ,1) such that |x|>1/2 (|f(x)-f(1)|>1/2). This is not written in the most formal way I hope you can figure out the whole answer.


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