Let \( a>1 \) and \( 0<b<1 \). -∞\( f : \mathbb{R} \to [0, 1] \) is defined by \( f(x) = \begin{cases} a^x & \text{if } x<0 b^x & \text{if } 0 \leq x \leq 1 \end{cases} \), then \( f(x) \) is: