mathmari
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Hi! Could you help me with the following?
Let [tex]g: R \rightarrow R[/tex] a bounded function. There is a point [tex]z \epsilon R[/tex] for which the function [tex]h: R[/tex] \ [tex]\{z\} \rightarrow R[/tex], where [tex]h(x)=\frac{g(x)-g(z)}{x-z}[/tex] is not bounded. Show that the function [tex]g[/tex] is not differentiable at the point [tex]z[/tex].
My idea is the following:
Let the function [tex]g[/tex] be differentiable at the point [tex]z[/tex], so [tex]lim_{x \rightarrow z}{ \frac{g(x)-g(z)}{x-z}}=L[/tex]. So there is a ε>0: [tex]|\frac{g(x)-g(z)}{x-z}-L|<ε[/tex].
[tex]|h(x)|=|h(x)-L+L| \leq |h(x)-L|+|L|=|\frac{g(x)-g(z)}{x-z}-L|+|L|<ε+|L|[/tex].
So the function [tex]h[/tex] is bounded. That cannot be true. So the function [tex]g[/tex] is not differentiable at the point [tex]z[/tex].
Is my idea right??
Let [tex]g: R \rightarrow R[/tex] a bounded function. There is a point [tex]z \epsilon R[/tex] for which the function [tex]h: R[/tex] \ [tex]\{z\} \rightarrow R[/tex], where [tex]h(x)=\frac{g(x)-g(z)}{x-z}[/tex] is not bounded. Show that the function [tex]g[/tex] is not differentiable at the point [tex]z[/tex].
My idea is the following:
Let the function [tex]g[/tex] be differentiable at the point [tex]z[/tex], so [tex]lim_{x \rightarrow z}{ \frac{g(x)-g(z)}{x-z}}=L[/tex]. So there is a ε>0: [tex]|\frac{g(x)-g(z)}{x-z}-L|<ε[/tex].
[tex]|h(x)|=|h(x)-L+L| \leq |h(x)-L|+|L|=|\frac{g(x)-g(z)}{x-z}-L|+|L|<ε+|L|[/tex].
So the function [tex]h[/tex] is bounded. That cannot be true. So the function [tex]g[/tex] is not differentiable at the point [tex]z[/tex].
Is my idea right??