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The function in example 1, a removable discontinuity. Consider the piecewise function = {< = >. The point = is a removable discontinuity.For this kind of discontinuity: The one-sided limit from the negative direction: = and the one-sided limit from the positive direction: + = + at both exist, are finite, and are equal to = = +.
A graph of a parabola with a removable singularity at x = 2. In complex analysis, a removable singularity of a holomorphic function is a point at which the function is undefined, but it is possible to redefine the function at that point in such a way that the resulting function is regular in a neighbourhood of that point.
A removable discontinuity occurs when () = (+), also regardless of whether () is defined, and regardless of its value if it is defined (but which does not match that of the two limits). A type II discontinuity occurs when either f ( c − ) {\displaystyle f(c^{-})} or f ( c + ) {\displaystyle f(c^{+})} does not exist (possibly both).
In particular, a BV function may have discontinuities, but at most countably many. In the case of several variables, a function f defined on an open subset Ω of R n {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}} is said to have bounded variation if its distributional derivative is a vector-valued finite Radon measure .
This operation will remove removable discontinuities and fix reparable holes. One would expect such an operation to have been discussed in the literature – although I'm unaware of any instances. --Lambiam 11:25, 10 October 2007 (UTC) Calling the use of the term removable discontinuity improper is POV.
A natural follow-up question one might ask is if there is a function which is continuous on the rational numbers and discontinuous on the irrational numbers. This turns out to be impossible. The set of discontinuities of any function must be an F σ set. If such a function existed, then the irrationals would be an F σ set.
For example, in the classification of discontinuities: in a removable discontinuity, the distance that the value of the function is off by is the oscillation; in a jump discontinuity, the size of the jump is the oscillation (assuming that the value at the point lies between these limits from the two sides);
Then f is a non-decreasing function on [a, b], which is continuous except for jump discontinuities at x n for n ≥ 1. In the case of finitely many jump discontinuities, f is a step function. The examples above are generalised step functions; they are very special cases of what are called jump functions or saltus-functions. [8] [9]