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Is there a function $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ which is differentiable but such that the derivative is nowhere continuous?

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It is impossible, because of Baire's simple limit theorem:

If a sequence of continuous functions $f_n\colon\mathbf R\to\mathbf R$ converges pointwise to a function $f$, $f$ is continuous on a dense subset of $\mathbf R$.

As $f'(x)$ is the limit of the sequence $g_n(x)=n\biggl(f\Bigl(x+\dfrac1n\Bigr)-f(x)\biggr)$, Baire's theorem can be applied.

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