6.3. Discontinuous Functions
Examples 6.3.4(b):
Prove that
h(x) has a jump discontinuity at
x = 0,
and draw the graph of
h(x)
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It is easy to see that the limit of
h(x) as
x
approaches
0 from the left is
-1, while the limit
of
h(x) as
x approaches
0 from
the right is
+1. Hence, the left and right handed limits exist
and are not equal, which makes
x = 0 a jump discontinuity for
this function.