Prove that: f(x) = x(x-1) if x is rational                           = 0 if x is irrational  is continuous at x = 0 and x =1 and discontinuous everywhere else Let f be a real-valued function whose domain is a subset of R. Then f is continuous at x_0 in dom(f) if and only if for each e > 0 there exists δ > 0 such that x ∈ dom(f) and |x − x_0| < δ imply |f(x) − f(x_0)| < e.

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Prove that: f(x) = x(x-1) if x is rational 
                         = 0 if x is irrational 
is continuous at x = 0 and x =1 and discontinuous everywhere else

Let f be a real-valued function whose domain is a subset of R. Then
f is continuous at x_0 in dom(f) if and only if
for each e > 0 there exists δ > 0 such that
x ∈ dom(f) and |x − x_0| < δ imply |f(x) − f(x_0)| < e.

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