Continuous and

Discontinuous
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Stem 11B
Continuous

 A function is continuous when its graph is a single unbroken curve ... ... that you
could draw without lifting your pen from the paper. That is not a formal
definition, but it helps you understand the idea.
 A function is continuous when its graph is a single unbroken curve .
 Here is a continuous function:
 Examples

 So what is not continuous (also called discontinuous) ?

 Look out for holes, jumps or vertical asymptotes (where the function heads
up/down towards infinity).

Not Continuous   Not Continuous   Not Continuous

(vertical
(hole)   (jump)   asymptote)
Domain

 A function has a Domain.

 In its simplest form the domain is all the values that go into a function.
 Example:

Example:
1/(x-1)
At x=1 we have:
1/(1-1) = 1/0 = undefined
So there is a "discontinuity" at x=1

f(x) = 1/(x-1)
So f(x) = 1/(x-1) over all Real Numbers is NOT continuous
 
Let's change the domain to x>1

g(x) = 1/(x-1) for x>1

So g(x) IS continuous
 
In other words g(x) does not include the value x=1, so it is continuous.
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