Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2018

College/Unit

Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Department/Program/Center

Mathematics

Abstract

We show that there exists a derivative f : [0, 1] → [0, 1] such that the graph of f ◦ f is dense in [0, 1]2 , so not a Gδ-set. In particular, f ◦ f is everywhere discontinuous, so not of Baire class 1, and hence it is not a derivative.

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