Note that the converse is definitely not true, as, for example, f(x) = |x| is
continuous at x = 0, but not differentiable there. Note also that, for a function
f(x) to be continuous at x = c,we must have
lim x→c
f(x) = f(c)
But we can also write this as
limx→c
f(x) − f(c) = 0.
This will be useful.
Proof. Assume we have a function f(x) that is differentiable at a point x = c in its
domain. Then the limit
f(x) − f(c)
f' (c) = lim x→c -------------
x - c
exists. Knowing this, we calculate lim x→c
f(x) − f(c) as follows (we would like it to
be 0):
Let
Then according to the basic definition of the differentiation, Differentiation of a function is equals to
We know that the for a function to be continuous at a point it must satisfy the equation
We can write the above equation as
be the differentiable function at
.
Then according to the basic definition of the differentiation, Differentiation of a function is equals to
We know that the for a function to be continuous at a point it must satisfy the equation
We can write the above equation as