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    50 7) If y=3 for x > 2, and y ig not defined for + =2, then exactly one y is assigned to each x > 2, and no y to any + <2. ea _ fo for x=, Y= |—1 for «<0, then exactly one y is assigned to each +. This example shows that it is not required that y be defined by a single formula. 0 for rational x, y= ») 1 for irrational ~. 10) (contains 1), 2), and 6) as special cases.) Let n=O be integral, let a, be given for integral v with 0S v 0. 13) v= e for all x. 14) y= Vx for «20 if n is an integer > 0. We have now had sufficient preparation for the understanding of Definition 19: Let 9 be a set of numbers. Let exactly one number y be assigned to each x of Mt. We then call y a function of x and write, say, y=f(a). x is called the independent, y the dependent variable. (We may, of course, use any letters instead of -r, y, and f.) Definition 20: A function of the type given in example 10) is called an entire rational function or a polynomial. Definition 21: The function of example 12) is called x}. To be read: x factorial. xr! is thus defined only for integral x = 0. The following are important examples of sets of numbers: If aa. Further examples are the sets consisting of 9) alt x, 10) all rational x, 11) all irrational x, 12) a single number «=a. We now come to the examples which precede the definition of continuity. Continuity is a property which a function either has or does not have at any given x. 1) The function y=2 for xS1, y= forx>1, does not have the property at += 1, but does have it for all other x. 2) The function 1 for 0S*<1, y= for >I, y has the property for all x > 0, but for no x <0. 3) The function y= 1 for rational x, y==0 for irrational x does not have the property for any x. 4) The function y=2! for integral x =0 does not have the property for any «. 5) The function a for all x y has the property for all x. What is the property with which we are concerned if «= & is any arbitrary number? First of all, f() must be defined at += £ and indeed in an entire “neigh- borhood” of &; i.e. there must exist an a < and a B > & such that f(x) is defined fora f(E)—6. Taken together, these inequalities mean that |i) —1@)| <6 By a “neighborhood” we mean acx 0, i. e. to speak of the x for which [x—é| § =1 such that %

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