continuous vs terminating

continuous

adj
  • Expressing an ongoing action or state. 

  • Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated. 

  • Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D. 

  • Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption. 

  • Without intervening space; continued. 

  • Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function). 

terminating

adj
  • Coming to an end. 

  • Of a decimal: having a finite number of digits. 

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