Continuity of scalar-fields characterized by smooth paths fulfilling \|\bs(t)\|\|\bs'(t)\| < +\infty

Publication date: 14 February 2013

Abstract: A function

f

from a subset of

R^{n}

to

R

is continuous at the origin, if and only if

for all continuous paths

with

. The continuity of

f

can, however, be characterized by a much smaller class of paths. We show that the class of all paths fulfilling

,

, and

is sufficient. Further, given any sequences

and

in

, such that

,

, and

for all

k i n N

, we show that there exist a path of this class, such that

and

for an infinite number of

k i n N

.

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