Definition:Jump Discontinuity

Definition
Let $X$ be an open subset of $\R$.

Let $f: X \to Y$ be a real function.

Let $f$ be discontinuous at some point $c \in X$.

Then $c$ is called a jump discontinuity of $f$ :
 * $\ds \lim_{x \mathop \to c^-} \map f x$ and $\ds \lim_{x \mathop \to c^+} \map f x$ exist and are not equal

where $\ds \lim_{x \mathop \to c^-} \map f x$ and $\ds \lim_{x \mathop \to c^+} \map f x$ denote the limit from the left and limit from the right at $c$ respectively.

Also known as
Some authors take discontinuities of the first kind and jump discontinuities to be synonymous.

The difference is that some authors allow removable discontinuities to be a subset of jump discontinuities.

Other authors choose to distinguish between the two concepts.

Also see

 * Jump Rule