Example of Function That Can Be Differentiated Only Once

by Bergdis
(Reykjavík)

Can you give me an example of a function that can be differentiated only once?




Answer by Pablo:

The first example that comes to mind is:



The derivative of this function is:



That is:



We already know that this function is not differentiable at point x=0. For more details read the following page: Limits at Corners.

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