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JEE Advanced2026Paper 2MATH-III
Q.

For a real number , let denote the greatest integer less than or equal to . For a finite set , let denote the number of elements in the set .

Consider the functions and defined by

and .

Let

and .

Then the value of is _______.

Solution

Since for all , the factor is continuous on all of and vanishes precisely at integer . The factor jumps wherever is an integer.

Set A (discontinuities of ): For , we have . The integer values that attains are , giving 53 candidate jump points of .

At an integer , both factors of are well-behaved and , which smooths out the jump of . So integer values in , namely (5 values), are NOT discontinuities.

The remaining jump points of (where is a nonzero integer but itself is non-integer) make discontinuous. So .

Set B (discontinuities of ): where . The fractional part jumps at integer . The function has and .

At a non-zero integer , the left limit involves giving , while at exactly giving . The factor at non-zero integers, so is discontinuous there. At , both and , and one can check continuity holds. So , giving .

Intersection: contains non-integer points only, contains integer points only, so , .

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