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jump discontinuity

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noun

Mathematics.

  1. a discontinuity of a function at a point where the function has finite, but unequal, limits as the independent variable approaches the point from the left and from the right.

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Figure 10 Graph of a function with a jump discontinuity.

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The function is said to have a jump discontinuity.

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