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1977:. An object moving due north (for example, along the line 0 degrees longitude) on the surface of a sphere will suddenly experience an instantaneous change in longitude at the pole (in the case of the example, jumping from longitude 0 to longitude 180 degrees). This discontinuity, however, is only apparent; it is an artifact of the coordinate system chosen, which is singular at the poles. A different coordinate system would eliminate the apparent discontinuity (e.g., by replacing the latitude/longitude representation with an 3164: 3052:
which are defined within a certain limited domain so that the function can be made single-valued within the domain. The cut is a line or curve excluded from the domain to introduce a technical separation between discontinuous values of the function. When the cut is genuinely required, the function
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is the special case when either the left hand or right hand limit does not exist, specifically because it is infinite, and the other limit is either also infinite, or is some well defined finite number. In other words, the function has an infinite discontinuity when its
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In real analysis, a singularity or discontinuity is a property of a function alone. Any singularities that may exist in the derivative of a function are considered as belonging to the derivative, not to the original function.
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occurs when an apparent singularity or discontinuity occurs in one coordinate frame, which can be removed by choosing a different frame. An example of this is the apparent singularity at the 90 degree latitude in
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will have distinctly different values on each side of the branch cut. The shape of the branch cut is a matter of choice, even though it must connect two different branch points (such as
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Other than isolated singularities, complex functions of one variable may exhibit other singular behaviour. These are termed nonisolated singularities, of which there are two types:
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may not be regularly defined. The simplest example of singularities are curves that cross themselves. But there are other types of singularities, like
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of bounces becomes infinite, as the ball comes to rest in a finite time. Other examples of finite-time singularities include the various forms of the
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An example would be the bouncing motion of an inelastic ball on a plane. If idealized motion is considered, in which the same fraction of
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More precisely, in order to get a singularity at positive time as time advances (so the output grows to infinity), one instead uses
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occurs when one input variable is time, and an output variable increases towards infinity at a finite time. These are important in
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is a point at which a given mathematical object is not defined, or a point where the mathematical object ceases to be
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is a term borrowed from complex analysis (see below). This is the case when either one or the other limits
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is defined, and regardless of its value if it is defined (but which does not match that of the two limits).
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does not exist (possibly both). This has two subtypes, which are usually not considered separately:
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spun on a flat surface accelerates towards infinite—before abruptly stopping (as studied using the
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so that time increases to infinity, and shifting the singularity forward from 0 to a fixed time
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There are some functions for which these limits do not exist at all. For example, the function
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Type I discontinuities can be further distinguished as being one of the following subtypes:
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Point where a function, a curve or another mathematical object does not behave regularly
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exist and are finite, but at least one of the following three conditions also applies:
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has a defined value, which, however, does not match the value of the two limits.
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expansions on each of them, then no such expansion is possible at its limit.
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settles in on. Borrowing from complex analysis, this is sometimes called an
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To describe the way these two types of limits are being used, suppose that
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approach no limit, not even if valid answers are extended to include
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of isolated singularities. If they are all poles, despite admitting
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if it is neither a removable singularity nor a pole. The point
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is not a point of continuity, then a discontinuity occurs at
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around (or outside them if they are closed curves in the
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is defined, and regardless of its value if it is defined.
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Berresford, Geoffrey C.; Rockett, Andrew M. (2015).
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which is lower than at other points of the variety.
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Cengage Learning. p. 151. 3597:"Singularity | complex functions" 3573:"Singularities, Zeros, and Poles" 3318:for time, reversing direction to 3004:{\displaystyle \ {\sqrt {z\ }}\ } 1749:discontinuity occurs when either 1704:{\displaystyle f(c^{-})=f(c^{+})} 1171:for the argument are as follows. 437:is a function of a real argument 2446:or non-essential singularity of 2120:{\displaystyle \ \mathbb {C} ~.} 3490:may be given, which extends to 1482:is not defined for the case of 1319:discontinuity occurs when both 899:is the value that the function 790:is the value that the function 129:is not defined, as involving a 3398:Hypothetical examples include 3292: 3272: 3189:Partial Differential Equations 3139: 3133: 3033: 3027: 2974:are generally the result of a 2646: 2633: 2625: 2619: 2607: 2601: 2543: 2537: 2276: 2270: 2261: 2255: 1903: 1890: 1867: 1854: 1808: 1795: 1772: 1759: 1727: 1721: 1698: 1685: 1676: 1663: 1631: 1625: 1602: 1589: 1580: 1567: 1526: 1520: 1469: 1463: 1438: 1425: 1416: 1403: 1378: 1365: 1342: 1329: 1259: 1246: 1237: 1231: 1222: 1209: 1129: 1123: 1020: 1014: 915: 909: 886: 873: 806: 800: 777: 764: 711: 705: 694: 680: 667: 614: 608: 597: 583: 570: 544: 531: 504: 491: 424: 418: 401:, which has two subtypes, and 348: 336: 312: 300: 243: 231: 168: 160: 153: 147: 72: 66: 1: 3464:-axis is a "double tangent." 3221:{\displaystyle x^{-\alpha },} 3110:{\displaystyle \ z=\infty \ } 2285:{\displaystyle \ f(z)=g(z)\ } 1711:, also regardless of whether 3430:. For example, the equation 3375:is lost on each bounce, the 3155:) which are fixed in place. 3045:{\displaystyle \ \log(z)\ ,} 2916:is an essential singularity 393:, or discontinuities of the 3621:"Singularity (mathematics)" 3148:{\displaystyle \ \log(z)\ } 1940:{\displaystyle \pm \infty } 928:tends towards as the value 819:tends towards as the value 389:, singularities are either 3719: 3540:Pathological (mathematics) 1961: 182:also has a singularity at 18:Mathematical singularities 3577:mathfaculty.fullerton.edu 3228:of which the simplest is 2929:Nonisolated singularities 1113:: there is no value that 125:, where the value of the 3530:Degeneracy (mathematics) 3504:local ring at this point 2552:{\displaystyle \ g(a)\ } 1958:Coordinate singularities 1909:{\displaystyle f(c^{+})} 1873:{\displaystyle f(c^{-})} 1814:{\displaystyle f(c^{+})} 1778:{\displaystyle f(c^{-})} 1615:, regardless of whether 1384:{\displaystyle f(c^{+})} 1348:{\displaystyle f(c^{-})} 892:{\displaystyle f(c^{+})} 783:{\displaystyle f(c^{-})} 550:{\displaystyle f(c^{+})} 510:{\displaystyle f(c^{-})} 175:{\displaystyle g(x)=|x|} 92:{\displaystyle f(x)=1/x} 3601:Encyclopedia Britannica 3452:. One could define the 3258:{\displaystyle x^{-1}.} 3181:finite-time singularity 3159:Finite-time singularity 3078:{\displaystyle \ z=0\ } 1922:Essential singularities 1650:removable discontinuity 369:. For singularities in 361:. For singularities in 3362: 3335: 3308: 3259: 3222: 3176: 3149: 3111: 3079: 3046: 3005: 2956:analytically continued 2910: 2884: 2854: 2821: 2791: 2761: 2741:The least such number 2735: 2694: 2668: 2582: 2553: 2518: 2492: 2466: 2436: 2408: 2379: 2353: 2312: 2286: 2236: 2210: 2181: 2151: 2121: 2087: 2058: 2032:complex differentiable 2030:is a function that is 2024: 2000:Isolated singularities 1970:coordinate singularity 1964:Coordinate singularity 1941: 1918:infinite discontinuity 1910: 1874: 1826:infinite discontinuity 1815: 1779: 1734: 1705: 1638: 1609: 1533: 1502: 1476: 1445: 1385: 1349: 1306: 1286: 1266: 1193: 1165: 1136: 1103: 1077: 1054: 992: 962: 942: 922: 893: 853: 833: 813: 784: 744: 743:{\displaystyle x>c} 718: 647: 646:{\displaystyle x<c} 621: 551: 511: 471: 451: 431: 355: 319: 287: 202: 176: 119: 93: 3703:Mathematical analysis 3677:mathworld.wolfram.com 3625:TheFreeDictionary.com 3550:Removable singularity 3525:Defined and undefined 3363: 3361:{\displaystyle t_{0}} 3336: 3309: 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2526: 2525: 2500: 2499: 2474: 2473: 2448: 2447: 2418: 2417: 2387: 2386: 2361: 2360: 2320: 2319: 2294: 2293: 2244: 2243: 2218: 2217: 2192: 2191: 2163: 2162: 2133: 2132: 2098: 2097: 2095:complex numbers 2069: 2068: 2040: 2039: 2006: 2005: 2002: 1990: 1979: 1966: 1960: 1926: 1925: 1893: 1882: 1881: 1857: 1846: 1845: 1798: 1787: 1786: 1762: 1751: 1750: 1713: 1712: 1688: 1666: 1655: 1654: 1617: 1616: 1592: 1570: 1559: 1558: 1512: 1511: 1484: 1483: 1455: 1454: 1428: 1406: 1395: 1394: 1368: 1357: 1356: 1332: 1321: 1320: 1294: 1293: 1274: 1273: 1249: 1212: 1201: 1200: 1181: 1180: 1153: 1152: 1115: 1114: 1085: 1084: 1065: 1064: 1032: 1006: 1005: 974: 973: 950: 949: 930: 929: 901: 900: 876: 865: 864: 841: 840: 821: 820: 792: 791: 767: 756: 755: 726: 725: 670: 659: 658: 629: 628: 573: 562: 561: 534: 523: 522: 494: 483: 482: 459: 458: 439: 438: 410: 409: 391:discontinuities 383: 331: 330: 295: 294: 262: 249: 230: 226: 221: 220: 217:algebraic curve 184: 183: 139: 138: 101: 100: 58: 57: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 3716: 3714: 3706: 3705: 3695: 3694: 3689: 3688: 3663: 3656: 3636: 3612: 3588: 3560: 3559: 3557: 3554: 3553: 3552: 3547: 3542: 3537: 3532: 3527: 3522: 3515: 3512: 3411: 3408: 3402:'s facetious " 3373:kinetic energy 3355: 3351: 3330: 3327: 3301: 3298: 3294: 3290: 3287: 3282: 3278: 3274: 3254: 3249: 3246: 3242: 3217: 3212: 3209: 3205: 3160: 3157: 3141: 3138: 3135: 3132: 3129: 3103: 3100: 3097: 3071: 3068: 3065: 3041: 3035: 3032: 3029: 3026: 3023: 2992: 2968: 2965: 2964: 2963: 2960:Riemann sphere 2949: 2946:Laurent series 2938:Cluster points 2930: 2927: 2926: 2925: 2922:Laurent series 2918:if and only if 2902: 2876: 2846: 2832: 2813: 2783: 2767:is called the 2753: 2730: 2724: 2721: 2718: 2715: 2712: 2686: 2652: 2648: 2644: 2641: 2638: 2635: 2627: 2624: 2621: 2618: 2612: 2609: 2606: 2603: 2600: 2574: 2561:natural number 2545: 2542: 2539: 2536: 2510: 2484: 2458: 2428: 2414: 2403: 2397: 2371: 2348: 2342: 2339: 2336: 2333: 2330: 2304: 2278: 2275: 2272: 2269: 2266: 2263: 2260: 2257: 2254: 2228: 2202: 2173: 2143: 2116: 2109: 2079: 2050: 2016: 2001: 1998: 1989: 1986: 1962:Main article: 1959: 1956: 1951: 1950: 1949: 1948: 1936: 1933: 1905: 1900: 1896: 1892: 1889: 1869: 1864: 1860: 1856: 1853: 1838: 1810: 1805: 1801: 1797: 1794: 1774: 1769: 1765: 1761: 1758: 1743: 1742: 1741: 1729: 1726: 1723: 1720: 1700: 1695: 1691: 1687: 1684: 1681: 1678: 1673: 1669: 1665: 1662: 1645: 1633: 1630: 1627: 1624: 1604: 1599: 1595: 1591: 1588: 1585: 1582: 1577: 1573: 1569: 1566: 1548: 1547: 1544: 1541: 1540: 1528: 1525: 1522: 1519: 1509: 1497: 1494: 1491: 1471: 1468: 1465: 1462: 1452: 1440: 1435: 1431: 1427: 1424: 1421: 1418: 1413: 1409: 1405: 1402: 1380: 1375: 1371: 1367: 1364: 1344: 1339: 1335: 1331: 1328: 1313: 1301: 1281: 1261: 1256: 1252: 1248: 1245: 1242: 1239: 1236: 1233: 1230: 1227: 1224: 1219: 1215: 1211: 1208: 1188: 1179:is a value of 1160: 1131: 1128: 1125: 1122: 1098: 1095: 1092: 1072: 1061: 1060: 1048: 1043: 1040: 1035: 1031: 1028: 1025: 1022: 1019: 1016: 1013: 987: 984: 981: 957: 937: 917: 914: 911: 908: 888: 883: 879: 875: 872: 848: 828: 808: 805: 802: 799: 779: 774: 770: 766: 763: 752: 751: 739: 736: 733: 713: 710: 707: 704: 699: 696: 693: 689: 685: 682: 677: 673: 669: 666: 655: 654: 642: 639: 636: 616: 613: 610: 607: 602: 599: 596: 592: 588: 585: 580: 576: 572: 569: 546: 541: 537: 533: 530: 506: 501: 497: 493: 490: 466: 446: 426: 423: 420: 417: 382: 379: 350: 347: 344: 341: 338: 314: 311: 308: 305: 302: 281: 277: 274: 269: 265: 261: 256: 252: 248: 245: 242: 239: 236: 233: 229: 210:differentiable 197: 194: 191: 170: 166: 162: 158: 155: 152: 149: 146: 135:absolute value 114: 111: 108: 88: 84: 80: 77: 74: 71: 68: 65: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3715: 3704: 3701: 3700: 3698: 3678: 3674: 3673:"Singularity" 3667: 3664: 3659: 3653: 3649: 3648: 3640: 3637: 3626: 3622: 3616: 3613: 3602: 3598: 3592: 3589: 3578: 3574: 3568: 3566: 3562: 3555: 3551: 3548: 3546: 3543: 3541: 3538: 3536: 3533: 3531: 3528: 3526: 3523: 3521: 3518: 3517: 3513: 3511: 3509: 3505: 3501: 3498:: A point is 3497: 3493: 3489: 3484: 3482: 3478: 3474: 3470: 3465: 3462: 3456: 3449: 3445: 3438: 3434: 3429: 3425: 3424:tangent space 3421: 3417: 3409: 3407: 3405: 3401: 3396: 3394: 3390: 3386: 3382: 3378: 3374: 3369: 3353: 3349: 3328: 3325: 3317: 3299: 3296: 3288: 3285: 3280: 3276: 3252: 3247: 3244: 3240: 3231: 3215: 3210: 3207: 3203: 3194: 3190: 3186: 3182: 3174: 3171:, exhibiting 3170: 3165: 3158: 3156: 3136: 3130: 3127: 3098: 3095: 3069: 3066: 3063: 3039: 3030: 3024: 3021: 2990: 2977: 2973: 2972:Branch points 2967:Branch points 2966: 2961: 2957: 2953: 2950: 2947: 2943: 2939: 2936: 2935: 2934: 2928: 2923: 2919: 2900: 2874: 2863: 2844: 2833: 2811: 2797:increased by 2781: 2770: 2751: 2728: 2719: 2713: 2710: 2684: 2650: 2642: 2639: 2636: 2622: 2616: 2610: 2604: 2598: 2572: 2562: 2540: 2534: 2508: 2482: 2456: 2445: 2426: 2415: 2401: 2395: 2369: 2359:The function 2346: 2337: 2331: 2328: 2302: 2273: 2267: 2264: 2258: 2252: 2226: 2200: 2190: 2171: 2160: 2141: 2130: 2129: 2128: 2114: 2096: 2077: 2067: 2048: 2037: 2033: 2014: 2004:Suppose that 1999: 1997: 1995: 1987: 1985: 1983: 1976: 1971: 1965: 1957: 1955: 1931: 1923: 1919: 1898: 1894: 1887: 1862: 1858: 1851: 1843: 1839: 1836: 1832: 1827: 1823: 1822: 1803: 1799: 1792: 1767: 1763: 1756: 1748: 1744: 1724: 1718: 1693: 1689: 1682: 1679: 1671: 1667: 1660: 1652: 1651: 1646: 1628: 1622: 1597: 1593: 1586: 1583: 1575: 1571: 1564: 1556: 1555: 1550: 1549: 1545: 1543: 1542: 1523: 1517: 1510: 1495: 1492: 1489: 1466: 1460: 1453: 1433: 1429: 1422: 1419: 1411: 1407: 1400: 1393: 1392: 1373: 1369: 1362: 1337: 1333: 1326: 1318: 1314: 1299: 1279: 1254: 1250: 1243: 1240: 1234: 1228: 1225: 1217: 1213: 1206: 1186: 1178: 1174: 1173: 1172: 1158: 1149: 1147: 1146: 1126: 1120: 1112: 1096: 1093: 1090: 1070: 1046: 1041: 1038: 1033: 1029: 1026: 1023: 1017: 1011: 1004: 1003: 1002: 999: 985: 982: 979: 971: 955: 935: 912: 906: 881: 877: 870: 862: 846: 826: 803: 797: 772: 768: 761: 737: 734: 731: 708: 702: 697: 691: 683: 675: 671: 664: 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Index

Mathematical singularities
mathematics
well-behaved
differentiability
analyticity
reciprocal function
function
division by zero
absolute value
differentiable
algebraic curve
cusp
algebraic geometry
singular point of an algebraic variety
differential geometry
singularity theory
real analysis
discontinuities
derivative
undefined
essential singularity
jump discontinuity
removable discontinuity
graph
vertical asymptote
Coordinate singularity
spherical coordinates
n-vector
complex analysis
complex differentiable

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