Friday, 3 March 2017

real analysis - Function $f:[0,1] to [0,1]$ taking on each value in $[0,1]$ exactly twice



I want to find a function $f:[0,1] \to [0,1]$ such that $f$ takes on each value in $[0,1]$ exactly twice. I think this means there are an infinite number of discontinuities. Can anyone help me figure this one out?



Anyone have any pointers?



Answer



Let $x_\alpha$ be a well-ordering of $[0,1]$.



For any ordinal $\alpha = \theta + n < \frak{c}$ where $\theta$ is a limit ordinal or $0$ and $n$ is a finite ordinal, let $F(\theta + n \cdot 2) = F(\theta + n \cdot 2 + 1) = x_\alpha$.



Now define $f(x_\alpha) = F(\alpha)$ for all $\alpha \lt \frak{c}$ and it is clear that $f$ has the required property.


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