Define a graph ϕ as;
ϕ(x)=|x|,∀x∈[−1,1] and ϕ(x+2)=ϕ(x).
I'm trying to prove that ϕ is a function, but it seems something is wrong in my argument.
It's not hard to see that "∀x∈R,∃y∈[0,1] such that (x,y)∈ϕ"
I'm trying to prove that x1=x2⇒ϕ(x1)=ϕ(x2) and here's my argument below.
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Suppose x1=x2.
Then there exists a unique n∈Z such that $n_i≦\frac{x_i + 1}{2}
Thus ϕ(x1)=|x1−2n1|=ϕ(x2). Q.E.D
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I'm sure something's wrong in my argument, but don't know what it is..
(This argument works even when ϕ(1)≠1, so something's wrong here..)
Answer
Every real number is congruent to a unique real number in (−1,1]. (Note the open parenthesis on the left).
So if ϕ had been defined by ϕ(x)=|x| on (−1,1], and ϕ(x+2)=ϕ(x), there would be no issue whatsoever. (In principle one would need an easy induction to show that ϕ(x+2n)=ϕ(x).)
But because ϕ(x) was defined as |x| on the closed interval [−1,1], we need to check that ϕ(x) is well-defined at odd integers.
The issue is that the definition, for example, simultaneously defines ϕ(5) as ϕ(−1) and as ϕ(1). But since |−1|=|1|, there is no problem.
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