Example:
What kind of discontinuity does the function f(x) = cos(1/x)
have at x = 0 ?
f(x) = cos(1/x)
By looking at sequences involving integer multiples of
or
/ 2
we can see that the limit of f(x) as x
approaches zero from the right and from the left both
do not exist. Hence, f(x) has an essential
discontinuity at x = 0.