Proving Symmetric Continuity of a Function at X0

[mrs.malfoy]

A function f is said to be symmetrically continuous at X₀ if

lim [f(X₀ + h) - f(X₀ - h)]= 0
h-> 0


Show that if f is continuous at X₀, it is symmetrically continuous there but not conversely.

 

[mrbohn1]

This sounds like homework so I'm not going to go into too much detail, but note that if f is continuous at x then: $$lim_{h\rightarrow0}f(x+h)=lim_{h\rightarrow0}f(x-h)=f(x).$$

There isn't much more to do.

 

[Eynstone]

For the converse, take
f(x) =x if x is nonzero ,
f(0) =1.
f is symmetrically continuous at 0, but not continuous.