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is f continuous at x=0 ?

Source: Spanish Mathematical Olympiad 1968 P2

December 4, 2022
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Problem Statement

Justify if continuity can be affirmed, denied or cannot be decided in the pointx=0 x = 0 of a real function f(x)f(x) of real variable, in each of the three (independent) cases .
a) It is known only that for all natural nn: f(12n)=1f\left( \frac{1}{2n}\right)= 1 and f(12n+1)=1f\left( \frac{1}{2n+1}\right)= -1.
b) It is known that for all nonnegative real xx is f(x)=x2f(x) = x^2 and for negative real xx is f(x)=0f(x) = 0.
c) It is only known that for all natural nn it is f(1n)=1f\left( \frac{1}{n}\right)= 1.