We build here a continuous function of one real variable whose derivative exists on \(\mathbb{R} \setminus \mathbb{Q}\) and doesn’t have a left or rightderivative on each point of \(\mathbb{Q}\).
We build here a continuous function of one real variable whose derivative exists except at \(0\) and is bounded on \(\mathbb{R^*}\).
We start with the even and piecewise linear function \(g\) defined on \([0,+\infty)\) with following values:
\[g(x)=
\left\{
\begin{array}{ll}
0 & \mbox{if } x =0\\
0 & \mbox{if } x \in \{\frac{k}{4^n};(k,n) \in \{1,2,4\} \times \mathbb{N^*}\}\\
1 & \mbox{if } x \in \{\frac{3}{4^n};n \in \mathbb{N^*}\}\\
\end{array}
\right.
\] The picture below gives an idea of the graph of \(g\) for positive values.Continue reading A differentiable function except at one point with a bounded derivative→
Recall that a function of bounded variation, also known as a BV-function, is a real-valued function whose total variation is bounded (finite).
Being more formal, the total variation of a real-valued function \(f\), defined on an interval \([a,b] \subset \mathbb{R}\) is the quantity:
\[V_a^b(f) = \sup\limits_{P \in \mathcal{P}} \sum_{i=0}^{n_P-1} \left\vert f(x_{i+1}) – f(x_i) \right\vert\] where the supremum is taken over the set \(\mathcal{P}\) of all partitions of the interval considered. Continue reading A continuous function which is not of bounded variation→
