Solution

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For any real , put . Since is integer-valued,
Continuity of the cumulative distribution function of therefore gives
The strict inequality matters before using the absence of point masses. The resulting probability distribution is discrete, with probability mass function
Thus has no ordinary probability density function with respect to length on the real line. Its cumulative distribution function is a step function; its derivative is zero almost everywhere and does not recover its probabilities. The floor function has converted a density into masses on the integers.

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