What is the difference between a jump and a removable discontinuity?

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mason m
Nov 14, 2015

Their limit definitions and appearance on a graph.

Explanation:

This is a jump discontinuity. Wikimedia
In a jump discontinuity, #lim_(x->a^-)f(x)!=lim_(x->a^+)f(x)#. That means, the function on both sides of a value approaches different values, that is, the function appears to "jump" from one place to another.

This is a removable discontinuity (sometimes called a hole).
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Here, the function appears to come to a point, but the actual function value is elsewhere or does not exist.This can be written as #lim_(x->a^-)f(x)=lim_(x->a^+)f(x)!=f(a)#

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