Submitted by wastedtime32 t3_1134aem in singularity
dwarfarchist9001 t1_j8p0hmt wrote
Reply to comment by Big_Foot_7911 in What will the singularity mean? Why are we persuing it? by wastedtime32
>Singularity defines the point in a function where it takes an infinite value,
It doesn't need to be infinite it can also be undefined or otherwise not well-behaved. For instance the function 1/x is never infinite for any finite value of x but it has a singularity because it is undefined at x=0. Another example is the piecewise function F(x)={x^2 if x>=0 {-x^2 if x<=0 for which x=0 has a definite value of y=0 but x=0 is considered a singularity for the purposes of calculus because it is not differentiable at that point.
Big_Foot_7911 t1_j8p1jck wrote
Excellent, thank you for the correction and additional explanation
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