Saturday, 19 March 2016

multivariable calculus - Example of discontinuous function satisfying some conditions




I would like to construct a function f:R2R discontinuous at the origin but satisfy the following:
lim
That is a function “continuous” along all the lines at a point but still not continuous.


Answer



Let g\colon S^1\to\Bbb R be an unbounded function. Then set
f(x,y)=rg(\frac xr,\frac yr) where r:=\sqrt{x^2+y^2} (and set f(0,0)=0). This function is not continuous at the origin, but has the desired property.







A bit more explicitly:
Define h\colon \Bbb R\to\Bbb R, h(x)=\begin{cases}x+1&x\in\Bbb Q\\x&x\notin\Bbb Q\end{cases}
and then
f(x,y)=\begin{cases}0&x=0\\\sqrt{x^2+y^2}\cdot h(\frac yx)&x\ne 0\end{cases}
is nowhere continuous and has the desired property


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