Is Analyticity Equivalent to Continuity?

[lavster]

if a function is continuous, does this mean that it is analytic. And if a function is analytic does this mean it is continuous?

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[gb7nash]

if a function is continuous, does this mean that it is analytic.

No. For example, f(x) = |x| is not differentiable at x = 0. However, it is continuous.

And if a function is analytic does this mean it is continuous?
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Yes. Every analytic function has the property of being infinitely differentiable. Since the derivative is defined and continuous, the function is continuous everywhere.

 

[lavster]

exellent -cheers :)

 

[Studiot]

An analytic function is a function that can can be represented as a power series polynomial (either real or complex).

That is it posesseses a Taylor/Mclaurin expansion.

 

[Gib Z]

Not exactly true. A function is analytic at a point z_0 if it is smooth (infinitely differentiable) there, and it's Taylor Series centered at z_0 converges to the function on some open set containing z_0.

Merely being smooth is not enough - For example
f(x)=\begin{cases}\exp(-1/x) \mbox{ if } x> 0 \\ 0 \mbox{ if }x\le0,\end{cases}

This function is smooth at 0, with all its derivatives there being 0. Thus, it has a Taylor Series expansion at x=0, \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{0}{n!} x^n = 0, but that does not coincide with the value of the function for any positive x, so f(x) is smooth (and has a Taylor Expansion), but is not analytic.