Tuesday, July 5, 2016

multivariable calculus - Example of discontinuous function satisfying some conditions



I would like to construct a function f:R2R discontinuous at the origin but satisfy the following:

limx0f(x,mx)=f(0),limy0f(my,y)=f(0)mR


That is a function “continuous” along all the lines at a point but still not continuous.


Answer



Let g:S1R be an unbounded function. Then set
f(x,y)=rg(xr,yr) where r:=x2+y2 (and set f(0,0)=0). This function is not continuous at the origin, but has the desired property.






A bit more explicitly:
Define h:RR, h(x)={x+1xQxxQ



and then
f(x,y)={0x=0x2+y2h(yx)x0

is nowhere continuous and has the desired property


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