Consider the function defined by
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where is the greatest integer less than or equal to .
Let be the total number of points in the interval at which is NOT continuous, and let be the total number of points in the interval at which is NOT differentiable.
Then the value of is __________.
Write where and .
Analysing on : is even, , , and is non-negative on , making increasing there. So takes the value exactly once in , say at , and by symmetry also at . The range of on the interval is .
Behaviour of : jumps at points where crosses an integer. The only integer values attains in are (at ) and (at ). At , is locally , so no jump occurs there. At , crosses , producing a jump discontinuity. So is discontinuous (and hence non-differentiable) at exactly .
Behaviour of : is continuous everywhere on the interval. Its only non-differentiable points are where or kinks, i.e. and . The function vanishes at , which smooths the kink there; so is differentiable at but not at .
Note since .
Counting discontinuities (): Only contributes, and is continuous everywhere, so the discontinuities of are exactly . Hence .
Counting non-differentiable points (): At and , is non-differentiable while is differentiable, so is non-differentiable. At , is non-differentiable while is differentiable (locally constant). At , both are differentiable. So .
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