Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
Let for , and . First find from the definition, using the fact that . Then, for , find and evaluate it at and at . Points of this kind come as close to as you like. Decide whether has a limit as . Answer with for yes and for no.
, and is differentiable at when the left and right derivatives are equal. A differentiable function is continuous. The chain rule is .
Have you tried it?
Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. The derivative at . . Its size is at most , which tends to . So .
Step 2. The derivative elsewhere. For , .
Step 3. Two sample points. At we have and , so . At we have and , so .
Step 4. The limit. Taking and with large gives points as close to as we like, where is and . So has no limit at .
Answer: , the two values are and , and the limit does not exist, so the answer is . The function is differentiable at , but its derivative is not continuous there.
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