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Dirichlet function

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In mathematics, Dirichlet function is defined by D (x) = 0 if x is rational and 1 if x is irrational. The function is named after Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, a German mathematician.

It turns out, the function is discontinuous everywhere.