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Continuity — Class 11 Maharashtra HSC Mathematics revision notes

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Continuity in one look

drawn without lifting the pen: three conditions, and dropping any one breaks it

Continuity at a point x=a

  • condition 1: f is defined at a, and on an open interval around it f(a)
  • condition 2: the limit as x approaches a exists lim_xto af(x)
  • condition 3: that limit equals the function's own value at a lim_xto af(x)=f(a)

Continuity from the left and from the right

  • f is continuous from the right at a if lim_xto a^+f(x)=f(a)
  • f is continuous from the left at a if lim_xto a^-f(x)=f(a)
  • continuous from both sides at a is exactly continuous at a
  • continuity over an interval: continuous at every interior point
  • plus right-continuous at a closed left endpoint
  • and left-continuous at a closed right endpoint

Worked: continuity of a three-piece function

Q. f(x)=3x+1 for x<2, =7 for 2≤ x<4, =x^2-8 for x≥4. Test continuity at x=2 and x=4

  1. at x=2: f(2)=7. LHL=lim_xto2^-(3x+1)=3(2)+1=7. RHL=lim_xto2^+(7)=7
  2. LHL=RHL=f(2)=7, so f is continuous at x=2
  3. at x=4: f(4)=4^2-8=8. LHL=lim_xto4^-(7)=7. RHL=lim_xto4^+(x^2-8)=4^2-8=8
  4. LHL=7 but RHL=8, so lim_xto4f(x) does not exist

Answer: continuous at x=2, discontinuous at x=4 (a jump discontinuity)

Functions that are always continuous

  • constant and power functions: f(x)=k and f(x)=x^n are continuous on all of R
  • every polynomial: built from sums and products of continuous pieces, so it stays continuous
  • sin x and cos x: continuous at every real x, no exceptions
  • exponential and logarithm: a^x continuous on R, log_bx continuous on (0,∞)

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