Thomae's function

function that is discontinuous at rationals and continuous at irrationals
Thing function Q776401
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Thomae's function

Summary

Thomae's function is a function[1]. It draws 108 Wikipedia views per month (function category, ranking #31 of 114).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thomae's function's instance of is recorded as function[3].
  • Thomae's function's instance of is recorded as periodic function[4].
  • Thomae's function's instance of is recorded as mathematical concept[5].
  • Carl Johannes Thomae is named after Thomae's function[6].
  • Thomae's function's Commons category is recorded as Thomae's function[7].
  • Thomae's function's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/099fsd[8].
  • Thomae's function's definition domain is recorded as set of real numbers[9].
  • Thomae's function's codomain is recorded as unit interval[10].
  • Thomae's function's different from is recorded as Riemann zeta function[11].
  • Thomae's function's defining formula is recorded as f(x) = \begin{cases} \frac{1}{q} &\text{if }x = \tfrac{p}{q}\quad (x \text{ is rational), with } p \in \mathbb Z \text{ and } q \in \mathbb N \text{ coprime}\ 0 &\text{if }x \text{ is irrational.} \end{cases}[12].
  • Thomae's function's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[13].
  • Thomae's function's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 34117566[14].

Why It Matters

Thomae's function draws 108 Wikipedia views per month (function category, ranking #31 of 114).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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