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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ia Paper 1 10F d Solution by
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At a nonzero rational in lowest terms, irrational points approach with function value zero, whereas , so is discontinuous. At zero, for nonzero , hence and continuity follows.
At an irrational , given , only finitely many rationals in a bounded neighbourhood have reduced denominator . Choose a neighbourhood avoiding those points; throughout it, . Consequently the continuity set is . This is a variant of the Thomae function.
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