Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford / 2023 / Prelims / Mathematics II / 6 / a / iii

The derivative of $h(x)=f(x)-\sin x$ vanishes. By the constancy theorem on the interval $I$,This need not hold on a disconnected domain. On $I=(-\infty ,0)\cup (0,\infty )$, define $f(x)=\sin x$ for $x<0$ and $f(x)=\sin x+1$ for $x>0$. The function is differentiable throughout $I$ with $f^{\prime }(x)=\cos x$, but no single $C$ works on both components.