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Additive function continuous at one point is linear (f(x)=xf(1))

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A real additive function f:R→R that is continuous at one point x0​ is continuous everywhere and has form f(x)=xf(1). Indeed f(0)=0, and f(h)=f(x0​+h)−f(x0​)→0 as h→0. Then f(x+h)−f(x)=f(h)→0 for every x. Additivity gives f(q)=qf(1) for every rational number; continuity and the density of the rational numbers extend this identity to every real argument.

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