Engineering
Mathematics
Introduction to Logarithm
Question

Consider the function f: (0, ∞) → R defined by f(x) = e–loge|x| . If m and n be respectively the number of points at which f is not continuous and f is not differentiable, then m + n is

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Since |lnx| is continuous in (0, ∞)

⇒ f(x) = e–|lnx| is continuous is (0, ∞)

⇒ So number of points where f(x) is discontinuous, m = 0

f(x)=elnx;0<x<1elnx;x1

f(1– ) = 1, f(1+ ) = – 1 ⇒ So number of points where f(x) is non-differentiable, n = 1

m + n = 0 + 1 = 1

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