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Continuity of a function $g(x)$ at $x=1$ where $(f(x) cdot g(x))'$ exist at $x=1$

Mathematics Asked by Harshit Raj on February 3, 2021

say,$$f:mathbb Rrightarrowmathbb R$$ $$f(x)=(x-1)(x^2+sin x)$$
and $g:mathbb Rrightarrowmathbb R$ is an arbitrary function.
Given: $$h(x)=f(x)cdot g(x) forall in mathbb R$$

also given $h'(1)$ exist. Comment on the continuity of $g(x) at x=1$.

My attempt: $f(1)=0$ $$h'(x)=f'(x)g(x)+f(x)g'(x)$$
$$Rightarrow h'(1)=f'(1)g(1)+f(1)g'(1)$$
$$Rightarrow h'(1)=f'(1)g(1)$$
$$Rightarrow g(1)=frac{h'(1)}{f'(1)}$$
hence $g(x)$ is continuous at $x=1$

2 Answers

Let $;g;$ be the most non-continuous function at $;x=1;$ but bounded in some neighborhood of that point...For example, take

$$g(x)=begin{cases}1,&x=1\{}\0,&text{otherwise}end{cases}implies h(x)=f(x)g(x)=0$$

and thus $;h(x);$ is infinitely differentiable everywhere, yet $;g;$ isn't continuous at $;x=1;$

Answered by DonAntonio on February 3, 2021

What if $g(x)$ is a function returning zero for every input except $x = 1$, where it returns $1$? Then $h(x) = 0$ for all $x$ and is clearly differentiable, but $g(x)$ is clearly not continuous at $x = 1$.

I don't quite understand your attempted proof unfortunately. First, the product rule is used to calculate the derivative of a product of two differentiable functions. If $f$ and $g$ aren't necessarily differentiable, then you can't apply it here. Second, even the conclusion of the proof does not necessarily show it's continuous. Instead, you want to show that as $x to 1$, $g(x) to g(1)$.

Answered by paulinho on February 3, 2021

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