
Continuous vs Discrete Variables - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Dec 14, 2025 · Both discrete and continuous variables generally do have changing values—and a discrete variable can vary continuously with time. I am quite aware that discrete variables are those …
Proof of Continuous compounding formula - Mathematics Stack …
12 Following is the formula to calculate continuous compounding A = P e^(RT) Continuous Compound Interest Formula where, P = principal amount (initial investment) r = annual interest rate (as a …
Continuous group actions - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Dec 18, 2025 · I was recently going through General Topology by N. Bourbaki, and found the following definition of topological groups acting continuously on topological spaces (slightly rephrased) : A …
Is the projection function in a normed space continuous?
Dec 26, 2025 · (See e.g. Linear functional is continuous $\implies$ it is bounded for a proof that a continuous linear functional on a normed vector space must be bounded. This is also on Wikipedia.)
Showing that $\arctan$ is continuous - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Jan 5, 2016 · As such, $\arctan$ is continuous. If you define $\arctan$ by integrals or power series the result is immediate (the first by the Lipshitz continuity of the indefinite integral and the second from …
Proving the inverse of a continuous function is also continuous
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Meaning of the continuous spectrum and the residual spectrum
Jan 8, 2017 · The reason one refers to this as "continuous spectrum" Historically had nothing to do with continuity; such spectrum was found to fill a continuum, rather than being discrete.
What is a continuous stochastic process? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Aug 4, 2022 · Isn't this violating the definition of continuous stochastic process or is it that I have to keep $\omega$ constant throught out the process ? Also, is $\omega$ in the definition of continuous …
real analysis - Why are the rational numbers not continuous ...
Apr 3, 2022 · So you can have continuous functions defined over rationals; but the rationals are not a continuum. Why not? The notion of a continuum has its roots in geometry, and -- in the barest …
For continuous functions, preimage of open set is open.
The proofs I've seen of the fact that open sets have open preimages either use the fact that continuous functions map limit points to limit points, or they use a completely topological proof. Is there a more …