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Sahithyan's S1
Sahithyan's S1 — Mathematics

Continuity

A function ff is continuous at aa iff:

limxaf(x)=f(a)\lim_{x\to a}{f(x)}=f(a) ϵ>0  δ>0  x  (xa<δ    f(x)f(a)<ϵ)\forall{\epsilon>0}\; \exists{\delta>0}\; \forall{x}\; (|x-a|<\delta\implies{|f(x)-f(a)|<\epsilon})

One-side continuous

Continuous from left

A function ff is continuous from left at aa iff:

limxaf(x)=f(a)\lim_{x\to a^{-}}{f(x)}=f(a)

Continuous from right

A function ff is continuous from right at aa iff:

limxa+f(x)=f(a)\lim_{x\to a^{+}}{f(x)}=f(a)

On interval

Open interval

A function ff is continuous in (a,b)(a,b) iff ff is continuous on every c(a,b)c\in(a,b).

Closed interval

A function ff is continuous in [a,b][a,b] iff ff is:

  • continuous on every c(a,b)c\in(a,b)
  • right-continuous at aa
  • left-continuous at bb

Uniformly continuous

Suppose a function ff is continuous on (a,b)(a,b). ff is uniformly continuous on (a,b)(a,b) iff:

ϵ>0  δ>0  s.t.  xy<δ    f(x)f(y)<ϵ\forall \epsilon >0\;\exists \delta >0\;\text{s.t.}\; |x-y|<\delta \implies |f(x)-f(y)|<\epsilon

If a function ff is continuous on [a,b][a,b], ff is uniformly continuous on [a,b][a,b].