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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
1.1

Let c be the Cantor function and fix x in the Cantor set. As in the Cantor-function example, let unxvn be the stage-n Cantor interval determined by the first n ternary digits of x. Then vnun=3n and c(vn)c(un)=2n by The Cantor set is exactly the set of k1ak3k 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 xy, 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 2n1. For that choice the corresponding denominator is positive and at most 3n, 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.

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2.1

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

step 1.1

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