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Example 6 (Continued)

The greatest integer function f(x) = [x] is continuous from the right but not from the left at each integer n because

[n] = n, limx→n+ [x] = n, limx→n- [x] = n - 1.

It is easy to check that f is continuous at c if and only if f is continuous from both the right and left at c.


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