Sunday, 6 October 2019

real analysis - Continuity of a ruler function.

A question from Introduction to Analysis by Arthur Mattuck:



Define the "ruler function" f(x) as follows:



f(x)={1/2n,if x=b/2n for some odd integer b;0,otherwise.



(a) Prove that f(x) is discontinuous at the points b/2n, (b odd).



(b) Prove f(x) is continuous at all other points.




I prove (a) by constructing a sequence {xn} of irrational numbers whose limit is b/2n. Then the limit of {f(xn)} is 0, since f(xn)=0 for all n. But f(b/2n)0, discontinuity occurs. I don't know how to prove (b).

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