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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2002 ia Paper 1 10C iv Solution by
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Use the reduced-denominator function unbounded on every interval:Every value is a finite real number. In any nondegenerate interval , its interior contains infinitely many rational numbers, whereas there are only finitely many reduced fractions in with denominator at most any fixed . Some rational number in therefore has denominator exceeding . Hence the function is unbounded on every such interval. It reverses the positive values of the Thomae function rather than requiring an infinite value at any point.
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