Function of bounded variation and cardinal of set of discontinuities.

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Let $f:[a,b] \to \mathbb R$ such that the image is a finite set. Prove that $f$ is of bounded variation iff the set of discontinuities of $f$ is finite.

I didn't have problems with the forward direction:

Suppose $f$ is of bounded variation but the set of discontinuities is infinite. Note that, as the image is finite (I am not taking into account the case in which the cardinal is $1$), there is $m \in R>0: m\leq |y-z| \space \forall y,z \in Imf$ with $y \neq z$. Now, by hypothesis, $f$ is of bounded variation, this means that there exists $M>0$ for every partition $P=\{x_0,x_1,...,x_n\}$ of $[a,b]$,

$\sum_{k=1}^n |f(x_k)-f(x_{k-1})| \leq M$.

By the archimidean property of the natural numbers, there is $N \in \mathbb N: Nm>M$. Consider the partition $P=\{x_0,...x_n\}$ such that every $x_j$ is a point where $f$ is discontinuous. And now, consider $x'_j$ and $x'_{j+1}$: $|f(x_j)-f(x'_j)|\geq m$ and $|f(x_{j+1})-f(x'_{j+1})|\geq m$ and such that $x_j<x'_j<x'_{j+1}<x_{j+1}$ (by our previous assumptions, we can find points $x'_j, x'_{j+1}$ that satisfy these conditions).

Now consider the partition $P'=\{x_0,x'_0,x'_1,x_1,...,x'_{n},x_n\}$ and rename the elements of $P'$ such that $P'=\{y_0,y_1,...,y_t\}$. Then, by how we've constructed the partition, it's clear that M<$\sum_{k=1}^t |f(x_k)-f(x_{k-1})|$

I have no clue how to prove the other implication, could someone tell me if this approach is correct and give me suggestions to prove the remaining implication?

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Your approach is correct. For the other implication, enumerate the points of discontinuity as $c_1<c_2<\dots<c_m$. On each subinterval $(c_j,c_{j+1})$ the function is continuous and has finite range; hence it is constant. (Think of the intermediate value theorem). Let $y_j$ be its value on this interval. Given any partition, consider to which subintervals the partition points belong; consecutive points in the same subinterval don't contribute to the variation.