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What is "continuous" in Math?

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I understand that in Math, there is a common separation between discrete and continuous.

  • I understand that in Math we could say that discrete is anything (any set?) which is principally countable;
    I therefore assume that in Math, "continuous" would be the opposite of discrete, hence anything (any set?) which is principally noncountable, but it might be wrong.

What is "continuous" in Math?

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Your question was,"What is continuous in Math". So, I am just talking about continuous and discontinuous.

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Continuous function : $f(x)=x$

Discontinuous function : $f(x)=\frac{1}{x-1}$


In simple word : Line of "continuous" goes along with (Continuous can be like this also). And, line of "discontinuous" is discrete.

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$f(x) = \frac{1}{x-1}$ is considered continuous. (7 comments)
$f(x) = \frac{1}{x-1}$ is considered continuous.
r~~‭ wrote over 2 years ago

$f(x) = \frac{1}{x-1}$ is considered continuous. It's not defined at $x = 1$, so it has a disconnected domain, but it is continuous at all values where it is defined.

JRN‭ wrote over 2 years ago

More specifically, while $f(x)=\frac{1}{x-1}$ is discontinuous at $x=1$, it is a continuous function because of what @r~~ said.

deleted user wrote over 2 years ago · edited over 2 years ago

But, Desmos doesn't say that https://math.codidact.com/uploads/BFqgLvA5GoQQdXzrgF1MUiz7 Earlier, I had took a picture from internet randomly

JRN‭ wrote over 2 years ago · edited over 2 years ago

The graph of Desmos is correct. But the function is still a continuous function. Desmos "doesn't say" it is a continuous function, but it "doesn't say" that it is not a continuous function, either.

deleted user wrote over 2 years ago · edited over 2 years ago

To me it's looking like discontinuous function. Here's another sample

Left sided one is discontinuous either. Am I understanding discontinuous wrong?

celtschk‭ wrote over 2 years ago · edited over 2 years ago

deleted user Yes, you understand continuous wrong. Continuity does not mean that the graph is path connected. Continuity means that you get arbitrary small changes of $f(x)$ for sufficiently small changes of $x$ inside the domain. The following would be a discontinuous function: $$f(x) = \begin{cases} \frac{1}{x-1} & \text{if $x\ne 1$}\\ 0 & \text{if $x=1$} \end{cases}$$

JRN‭ wrote over 2 years ago · edited over 2 years ago

deleted user A function can be a continuous function and yet still have a discontinuity at a point, as long as that point is not in its domain.