Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2002 ia Paper 1 10C iv Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
Use the reduced-denominator function unbounded on every interval:Every value is a finite real number. In any nondegenerate interval , its interior contains infinitely many rational numbers, whereas there are only finitely many reduced fractions in with denominator at most any fixed . Some rational number in therefore has denominator exceeding . Hence the function is unbounded on every such interval. It reverses the positive values of the Thomae function rather than requiring an infinite value at any point.