# Example of function of bounded variation but not absolutely continuous. [closed]

I know that every absolutely continuous functions are of bounded(finite) variations but converse need not be true. and the cantor function is well-known example of function of bounded variation which is not absolutely continuous. I want to know some other examples. Please help me! Thanks in advance!

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And if you don't require continuity, just take a simple jump: $f(x)=0$ for $x<0$ and $f(x)=1$ for $x \ge 1$. –  Gerald Edgar Jun 22 '12 at 13:24
Other examples: $f(x)=\mu([0,x))$, where $\mu$ is a measure supported in a Lebesgue null set. The Cantor function is of this form, and in fact every BV function, up to removing an absolutely continuous part. –  Pietro Majer Jun 22 '12 at 14:05
When you are looking for a counterexample in analysis you should always have a look at the very beautiful "counterexamples in analysis" by Gelbaum and Olmsted (books.google.de/…). It is very likely it contains what you are looking for. –  Ricky Jun 22 '12 at 14:08

A real valued function $f:[a,b]\rightarrow \mathbb {R}$ is of bounded variation iff it is the difference of two bounded monotonically increasing functions. This gives you many -- in fact all real real valued -- examples.