Can a cube of discontinuous function be continuous?












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Can a cube (meaning $g(x) = f(x)^3 = f(x) cdot f(x) cdot f(x)$) of discontinuous function $f: D to mathbb{R}$ ($D$ is subset of $mathbb{R}$) be continuous? I think it can't, since $x^3$ is injective, but I am not able to prove it or find a counterexample.






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    The point is not that $x longmapsto x^3$ is injective, as much as $x longmapsto x^{1/3}$ is continuous.
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  • I think the injectivity is very much to the point. $f(x) =sqrt x$ is also continuous on $[0,∞)$ but there are any number of discontinuous functions $g$ on that interval with $g(x)cdot g(x)$ continuous.
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Can a cube (meaning $g(x) = f(x)^3 = f(x) cdot f(x) cdot f(x)$) of discontinuous function $f: D to mathbb{R}$ ($D$ is subset of $mathbb{R}$) be continuous? I think it can't, since $x^3$ is injective, but I am not able to prove it or find a counterexample.






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    The point is not that $x longmapsto x^3$ is injective, as much as $x longmapsto x^{1/3}$ is continuous.
    – Mindlack
    2 hours ago










  • What is your domain? It matters really quite a lot.
    – user3482749
    2 hours ago












  • I think the injectivity is very much to the point. $f(x) =sqrt x$ is also continuous on $[0,∞)$ but there are any number of discontinuous functions $g$ on that interval with $g(x)cdot g(x)$ continuous.
    – MJD
    2 hours ago
















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Can a cube (meaning $g(x) = f(x)^3 = f(x) cdot f(x) cdot f(x)$) of discontinuous function $f: D to mathbb{R}$ ($D$ is subset of $mathbb{R}$) be continuous? I think it can't, since $x^3$ is injective, but I am not able to prove it or find a counterexample.






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Can a cube (meaning $g(x) = f(x)^3 = f(x) cdot f(x) cdot f(x)$) of discontinuous function $f: D to mathbb{R}$ ($D$ is subset of $mathbb{R}$) be continuous? I think it can't, since $x^3$ is injective, but I am not able to prove it or find a counterexample.






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    The point is not that $x longmapsto x^3$ is injective, as much as $x longmapsto x^{1/3}$ is continuous.
    – Mindlack
    2 hours ago










  • What is your domain? It matters really quite a lot.
    – user3482749
    2 hours ago












  • I think the injectivity is very much to the point. $f(x) =sqrt x$ is also continuous on $[0,∞)$ but there are any number of discontinuous functions $g$ on that interval with $g(x)cdot g(x)$ continuous.
    – MJD
    2 hours ago
















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    The point is not that $x longmapsto x^3$ is injective, as much as $x longmapsto x^{1/3}$ is continuous.
    – Mindlack
    2 hours ago










  • What is your domain? It matters really quite a lot.
    – user3482749
    2 hours ago












  • I think the injectivity is very much to the point. $f(x) =sqrt x$ is also continuous on $[0,∞)$ but there are any number of discontinuous functions $g$ on that interval with $g(x)cdot g(x)$ continuous.
    – MJD
    2 hours ago










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The point is not that $x longmapsto x^3$ is injective, as much as $x longmapsto x^{1/3}$ is continuous.
– Mindlack
2 hours ago




The point is not that $x longmapsto x^3$ is injective, as much as $x longmapsto x^{1/3}$ is continuous.
– Mindlack
2 hours ago












What is your domain? It matters really quite a lot.
– user3482749
2 hours ago






What is your domain? It matters really quite a lot.
– user3482749
2 hours ago














I think the injectivity is very much to the point. $f(x) =sqrt x$ is also continuous on $[0,∞)$ but there are any number of discontinuous functions $g$ on that interval with $g(x)cdot g(x)$ continuous.
– MJD
2 hours ago






I think the injectivity is very much to the point. $f(x) =sqrt x$ is also continuous on $[0,∞)$ but there are any number of discontinuous functions $g$ on that interval with $g(x)cdot g(x)$ continuous.
– MJD
2 hours ago












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Since $phi : mathbb{R} to mathbb{R}, phi(x) = x^3$, is a homeomorphism, you see that $f$ is continuous iff $phi circ f$ is continuous.






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    Since $phi : mathbb{R} to mathbb{R}, phi(x) = x^3$, is a homeomorphism, you see that $f$ is continuous iff $phi circ f$ is continuous.






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      Since $phi : mathbb{R} to mathbb{R}, phi(x) = x^3$, is a homeomorphism, you see that $f$ is continuous iff $phi circ f$ is continuous.






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        Since $phi : mathbb{R} to mathbb{R}, phi(x) = x^3$, is a homeomorphism, you see that $f$ is continuous iff $phi circ f$ is continuous.






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