Identify the function from the descriptions given below.
1. Its domain is R and Range is [0, 1)
2. f(x) = x, if x ϵ [0, 1)
3. f(x) = 0 if x ϵ I (set of integers)
4. f(x) = 1 + x if x ϵ [-1, 0)
5. f(x) is periodic with period 1
x - [x]
Fractional part function
Options C and D are same.
(Fractional part of a function is defined as x - [x]
Ranges of the functions in A, B and E are not [0, 1). So the answers are C and D.
{x} is periodic with period 1. We can easily understand from its graph.
In the interval [-1, 0), [x] = -1
⇒ {x} = x - [x]
= x - (-1) = 1 + x
This is the 4th condition given, {x} satisfy all the other conditions given.