Title: Piecewise continuous maps on the interval

Abstract: Let $f$ be a piecewise continuous map on the interval with at most a finite number of turning points. In this paper we study some basic properties about this class of functions and show its main difference from the continuous case. We define and study the notion of closed structure, which can be seen as an extension of the notion of periodic orbit. Moreover, we also study the periodic orbits which are away from the discontinuities of $f$, extending the notion of trapped and free periodic orbits.