Find the Total Variation of a Function
Find the Total Variation of a Function
The total variation (a,b) of a function over the interval is the supremum (or least upper bound) of f()-f()| taken over all partitions of the interval . The total variation is a measure of the oscillation of the function over the interval . If (a,b) is finite, then is of bounded variation on the interval.
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