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Continuity

Recall that a function is continuous at a point if for every there exists a such that if , then . Further, we say that is uniformly continuous if for every there exists a such that if , then . This visualization allows one to fix an and adjust so that the continuity conditional is satisfied. In addition, one can move the point on the -axis to see the effect on and explore the idea of uniform continuity.

Continuity and Uniform Continuity

Using the applet work on the following questions:
  1. Starting with position the point and let , what is the largest value of that will satisfy the continuity conditional?
  2. What is the effect of moving to the right?
  3. Change the function to . Position the point and let , what is the largest value of that will satisfy the continuity conditional? What is the effect of moving the point on ?
  4. What is it about these two functions that causes the different effect on ?
  5. Returning to the function , for a particular choice of can we ever find a that will work for all ? What about the function ?
  6. Again, returning to , if we restrict to the interval can we find a single that will work for all ?
  7. Consider the function . For a given can we find a single that works for all ? What about for ? What's the difference?