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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How and when does a non-differentiability happen?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@ByteMe can u help?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

non-differentiability occurs when a function can't be differentiated at a certain point. Take: \[\frac{5x}{x-1}\] As you see, when x = 1, the denominator becomes 0 and is thus undefined. This means that the function is non-differentiability at x = 1. Simply put it: when it is impossible to differentiate it.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Of course, non-differentiability occurs when the function is not defined. But more generally, non-differentiability occurs when the limit does not exist in the difference quotient: \(\large \lim_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h} \)

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