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FALSE: a monotone function has at most countably many points of non-differentiability

Statement

A monotone real function has at most countably many points where the finite derivative fails to exist.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The statement above.

[A1]

We use the Cantor function.

Refutation

technique · direct
1.1givenalgebra

Let c be the Cantor function and fix x in the Cantor set. As in the Cantor-function example, let un≤x≤vn be the stage-n Cantor interval determined by the first n ternary digits of x. Then vn−un=3−n and c(vn)−c(un)=2−n by The Cantor set is exactly the set of ∑k≥1ak3−k with every ak∈{0,2}, and this gives a bijection with {0,1}N and The Cantor function is well defined, satisfies c(x)≤c(y) whenever x≤y, is surjective onto [0,1], and is constant on every interval removed from the Cantor set. At least one of the two numerator differences c(vn)−c(x) and c(x)−c(un) is at least 2−n−1. For that choice the corresponding denominator is positive and at most 3−n, so one of the two secant slopes is at least 12(3/2)n. Hence c has no finite derivative at x. Since the Cantor set is uncountable by The Cantor set is an uncountable subset of R of Lebesgue measure zero, the nondifferentiability set of c is uncountable.

2.1step 1.1∎

Therefore a monotone function can have uncountably many nondifferentiability points, so the statement is false.

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