Limits of Rolle theorem
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I would like to see a function $f:[a,b]tomathbb{R}$ that is differentiable in $(a,b)$ but it is not continuous at least at one of the interval boundary points $a$ or $b$. Can you show me one?
This is a curiosity that would make me to see limits of Rolle theorem, because one of its hypothesis is that the function $f$ has to be continuous in the entire closed interval $[a,b]$, even if it could be differentiable only in the open $(a,b)$.
Thank you.
real-analysis derivatives continuity examples-counterexamples rolles-theorem
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I would like to see a function $f:[a,b]tomathbb{R}$ that is differentiable in $(a,b)$ but it is not continuous at least at one of the interval boundary points $a$ or $b$. Can you show me one?
This is a curiosity that would make me to see limits of Rolle theorem, because one of its hypothesis is that the function $f$ has to be continuous in the entire closed interval $[a,b]$, even if it could be differentiable only in the open $(a,b)$.
Thank you.
real-analysis derivatives continuity examples-counterexamples rolles-theorem
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What is the question?
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– Will M.
5 hours ago
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The first phrase. I edit to make the question clearer.
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– Nameless
5 hours ago
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I think the question is pretty clear: "why can we not relax the requirement of continuity on $[a,b]$ in Rolle's theorem?".
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– Patrick Stevens
5 hours ago
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@PatrickStevens I was truly unsure what the OP was intending to ask. The reply to my comment made even less sense. I am not sure how you have the ability to read peoples minds through what they write, but OK.
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– Will M.
4 hours ago
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I can not understand how my simple answer "the first sentence is my question" could not make sense, but OK.
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– Nameless
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I would like to see a function $f:[a,b]tomathbb{R}$ that is differentiable in $(a,b)$ but it is not continuous at least at one of the interval boundary points $a$ or $b$. Can you show me one?
This is a curiosity that would make me to see limits of Rolle theorem, because one of its hypothesis is that the function $f$ has to be continuous in the entire closed interval $[a,b]$, even if it could be differentiable only in the open $(a,b)$.
Thank you.
real-analysis derivatives continuity examples-counterexamples rolles-theorem
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I would like to see a function $f:[a,b]tomathbb{R}$ that is differentiable in $(a,b)$ but it is not continuous at least at one of the interval boundary points $a$ or $b$. Can you show me one?
This is a curiosity that would make me to see limits of Rolle theorem, because one of its hypothesis is that the function $f$ has to be continuous in the entire closed interval $[a,b]$, even if it could be differentiable only in the open $(a,b)$.
Thank you.
real-analysis derivatives continuity examples-counterexamples rolles-theorem
real-analysis derivatives continuity examples-counterexamples rolles-theorem
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What is the question?
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– Will M.
5 hours ago
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The first phrase. I edit to make the question clearer.
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– Nameless
5 hours ago
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I think the question is pretty clear: "why can we not relax the requirement of continuity on $[a,b]$ in Rolle's theorem?".
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– Patrick Stevens
5 hours ago
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@PatrickStevens I was truly unsure what the OP was intending to ask. The reply to my comment made even less sense. I am not sure how you have the ability to read peoples minds through what they write, but OK.
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– Will M.
4 hours ago
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I can not understand how my simple answer "the first sentence is my question" could not make sense, but OK.
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– Nameless
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What is the question?
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– Will M.
5 hours ago
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The first phrase. I edit to make the question clearer.
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– Nameless
5 hours ago
1
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I think the question is pretty clear: "why can we not relax the requirement of continuity on $[a,b]$ in Rolle's theorem?".
$endgroup$
– Patrick Stevens
5 hours ago
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@PatrickStevens I was truly unsure what the OP was intending to ask. The reply to my comment made even less sense. I am not sure how you have the ability to read peoples minds through what they write, but OK.
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– Will M.
4 hours ago
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I can not understand how my simple answer "the first sentence is my question" could not make sense, but OK.
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– Nameless
4 hours ago
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What is the question?
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– Will M.
5 hours ago
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What is the question?
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– Will M.
5 hours ago
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The first phrase. I edit to make the question clearer.
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– Nameless
5 hours ago
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The first phrase. I edit to make the question clearer.
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– Nameless
5 hours ago
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1
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I think the question is pretty clear: "why can we not relax the requirement of continuity on $[a,b]$ in Rolle's theorem?".
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– Patrick Stevens
5 hours ago
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I think the question is pretty clear: "why can we not relax the requirement of continuity on $[a,b]$ in Rolle's theorem?".
$endgroup$
– Patrick Stevens
5 hours ago
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@PatrickStevens I was truly unsure what the OP was intending to ask. The reply to my comment made even less sense. I am not sure how you have the ability to read peoples minds through what they write, but OK.
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– Will M.
4 hours ago
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@PatrickStevens I was truly unsure what the OP was intending to ask. The reply to my comment made even less sense. I am not sure how you have the ability to read peoples minds through what they write, but OK.
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– Will M.
4 hours ago
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I can not understand how my simple answer "the first sentence is my question" could not make sense, but OK.
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– Nameless
4 hours ago
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I can not understand how my simple answer "the first sentence is my question" could not make sense, but OK.
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Consider $f(x) = x$ on $(0, 1]$, and $f(0) = 1$.
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Who knows for what obscure reason I was imagining things incredibly more complex than that. Thank you very much. Sorry for the question that now seems very stupid to me.
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– Nameless
5 hours ago
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In first-year analysis, there are about five different counterexamples, all of them quite simple. Almost nothing you'll encounter will require really pathological counterexamples.
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5 hours ago
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Consider $f(x) = frac{1}{x}$ in $[0, 1]$ and define $f(0) = 0.5$.
Then by the extreme value theorem - which is needed to make Rolle's Theorem work - since $f$ doesn't obtain a maximum, $f$ is not continuous on $[a,b]$.
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Thank you @Jossie Calderon.
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Consider $f(x) = x$ on $(0, 1]$, and $f(0) = 1$.
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Who knows for what obscure reason I was imagining things incredibly more complex than that. Thank you very much. Sorry for the question that now seems very stupid to me.
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– Nameless
5 hours ago
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In first-year analysis, there are about five different counterexamples, all of them quite simple. Almost nothing you'll encounter will require really pathological counterexamples.
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– Patrick Stevens
5 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Consider $f(x) = x$ on $(0, 1]$, and $f(0) = 1$.
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1
$begingroup$
Who knows for what obscure reason I was imagining things incredibly more complex than that. Thank you very much. Sorry for the question that now seems very stupid to me.
$endgroup$
– Nameless
5 hours ago
3
$begingroup$
In first-year analysis, there are about five different counterexamples, all of them quite simple. Almost nothing you'll encounter will require really pathological counterexamples.
$endgroup$
– Patrick Stevens
5 hours ago
add a comment |
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Consider $f(x) = x$ on $(0, 1]$, and $f(0) = 1$.
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Consider $f(x) = x$ on $(0, 1]$, and $f(0) = 1$.
answered 5 hours ago
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Who knows for what obscure reason I was imagining things incredibly more complex than that. Thank you very much. Sorry for the question that now seems very stupid to me.
$endgroup$
– Nameless
5 hours ago
3
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In first-year analysis, there are about five different counterexamples, all of them quite simple. Almost nothing you'll encounter will require really pathological counterexamples.
$endgroup$
– Patrick Stevens
5 hours ago
add a comment |
1
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Who knows for what obscure reason I was imagining things incredibly more complex than that. Thank you very much. Sorry for the question that now seems very stupid to me.
$endgroup$
– Nameless
5 hours ago
3
$begingroup$
In first-year analysis, there are about five different counterexamples, all of them quite simple. Almost nothing you'll encounter will require really pathological counterexamples.
$endgroup$
– Patrick Stevens
5 hours ago
1
1
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Who knows for what obscure reason I was imagining things incredibly more complex than that. Thank you very much. Sorry for the question that now seems very stupid to me.
$endgroup$
– Nameless
5 hours ago
$begingroup$
Who knows for what obscure reason I was imagining things incredibly more complex than that. Thank you very much. Sorry for the question that now seems very stupid to me.
$endgroup$
– Nameless
5 hours ago
3
3
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In first-year analysis, there are about five different counterexamples, all of them quite simple. Almost nothing you'll encounter will require really pathological counterexamples.
$endgroup$
– Patrick Stevens
5 hours ago
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In first-year analysis, there are about five different counterexamples, all of them quite simple. Almost nothing you'll encounter will require really pathological counterexamples.
$endgroup$
– Patrick Stevens
5 hours ago
add a comment |
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Consider $f(x) = frac{1}{x}$ in $[0, 1]$ and define $f(0) = 0.5$.
Then by the extreme value theorem - which is needed to make Rolle's Theorem work - since $f$ doesn't obtain a maximum, $f$ is not continuous on $[a,b]$.
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$begingroup$
Thank you @Jossie Calderon.
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– Nameless
5 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Consider $f(x) = frac{1}{x}$ in $[0, 1]$ and define $f(0) = 0.5$.
Then by the extreme value theorem - which is needed to make Rolle's Theorem work - since $f$ doesn't obtain a maximum, $f$ is not continuous on $[a,b]$.
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
Thank you @Jossie Calderon.
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– Nameless
5 hours ago
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$begingroup$
Consider $f(x) = frac{1}{x}$ in $[0, 1]$ and define $f(0) = 0.5$.
Then by the extreme value theorem - which is needed to make Rolle's Theorem work - since $f$ doesn't obtain a maximum, $f$ is not continuous on $[a,b]$.
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Consider $f(x) = frac{1}{x}$ in $[0, 1]$ and define $f(0) = 0.5$.
Then by the extreme value theorem - which is needed to make Rolle's Theorem work - since $f$ doesn't obtain a maximum, $f$ is not continuous on $[a,b]$.
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Thank you @Jossie Calderon.
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– Nameless
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Thank you @Jossie Calderon.
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Thank you @Jossie Calderon.
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– Will M.
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The first phrase. I edit to make the question clearer.
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– Nameless
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I think the question is pretty clear: "why can we not relax the requirement of continuity on $[a,b]$ in Rolle's theorem?".
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– Patrick Stevens
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@PatrickStevens I was truly unsure what the OP was intending to ask. The reply to my comment made even less sense. I am not sure how you have the ability to read peoples minds through what they write, but OK.
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– Will M.
4 hours ago
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I can not understand how my simple answer "the first sentence is my question" could not make sense, but OK.
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– Nameless
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