Exercise 54Calculus › Single-variable calculus › Continuity › Continuous and discontinuous functionsL1Added 2 Nov 2026
Floor plus square root of the fractional part
#continuity#floor function#one-sided limits
Statement
For real , let be the integer part and the fractional part. Study the continuity of
Hint
On each interval the integer part is constant. The only question is what happens at the integers: compute the left and right limits.
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Solution
Inside . Here and , so , which is continuous.
At an integer , from the right. For (with ), .
At an integer , from the left. For (with ), and . So .
Conclusion. The two one-sided limits equal , so is continuous at every integer, hence on all of .
Remark. The floor function alone jumps by at each integer, and the square root of the fractional part climbs from to just in time to compensate. In fact is also strictly increasing.