Definition:Discontinuity (Real Analysis)/Jump

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 $f$ :
 * $\displaystyle \lim_{x \mathop \to c^-} f \paren x$ and $\displaystyle \lim_{x \mathop \to c^+} f \paren x$ exist and are not equal

where $\displaystyle \lim_{x \mathop \to c^-} f \paren x$ and $\displaystyle \lim_{x \mathop \to c^+} f \paren x$ 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 differentiate the two concepts.