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continuity of a function at a point
We say that a function f:A is continuous at a when limxaf(x)=f(a)
continuous function
a function f:A is continuous, when it is continuous at each point aA
continuity equivalence
f is continuous at a if and only if limh0f(a+h)=f(a)

Assume that f is continuous at a, now we will prove that limh0f(a+h)=f(a). To show this limit exists, we refer the the definition of limit of a function. So let ϵ>0, then since f is continuous at a then we know there is some δc>0 such that xdom(f),|xa|<δc|f(x)f(a)|<ϵ.

We need to prove that there is some δ>0 such that hdom(f),|h0|<δ|f(a+h)f(a)|<ϵ, so suppose that hdom(f), thus we can also consider the value of h+adom(f). Thus by the assumption of continuity, as it holds for all x in dom(f) then |(h+a)a|<δc|f(a+h)f(a)|<ϵ, therefore taking δ=δc will complete this direction of the proof.

Now we work in the other direction, first assuming that limh0f(a+h)=f(a) and trying to show that f is continuous at a, so let ϵc>0, thus since the aformentioned limit exists, then we have some δ>0 such that hdom(f),|h0|<δ|f(h+a)f(a)|<ϵc.

Working in s similar fashion as in our first direction, we consider the value xadom(f), since the latter statement in the previous paragraph is for all hdom(f), we can consider h=xa, which says that |xa0|<δ|f(xa+a)f(a)|<ϵc which is equivalent to |xa|<δ|f(x)f(a)|<ϵc, which is exactly what we wanted to prove.