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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2018 Paper 1 19 a ii Solution by
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For , continuity fails. Take and . Both tend to zero, but the corresponding function values are and . Thus there is no limit, and the function is not differentiable either, since differentiability would imply continuity.
For , the bound and the squeeze theorem give continuity at zero. Its difference quotient is , however, which has no limit by the same two sequences. It is therefore not differentiable there.
For , the bound proves continuity. Its difference quotient is , whose absolute value is bounded by , so the derivative exists and equals zero. The complete classification is
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