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05 MonotonicFunctionshh

The document discusses monotonic functions and their properties. A function is monotonic if it is either always increasing or always decreasing over its domain. The necessary and sufficient conditions for a function to be monotonic are provided. Some useful properties of monotonic functions are listed, such as the inverse of an increasing function being increasing as well.

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05 MonotonicFunctionshh

The document discusses monotonic functions and their properties. A function is monotonic if it is either always increasing or always decreasing over its domain. The necessary and sufficient conditions for a function to be monotonic are provided. Some useful properties of monotonic functions are listed, such as the inverse of an increasing function being increasing as well.

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Monotonic Functions STRICTLY INCREASING FUNCTION A function f(x) is said to be a strictly increasing function on (a, b) if x1 < x2 f ( x1 ) < f ( x2 ) all

l x1 , x2 (a, b) STRICTLY INCREASING FUNCTION A function f(x) is said to be a strictly decreasing function on (a, b) if x1 < x2 f ( x1 ) > f ( x2 ) for all x1, x2 (a, b) NECESSARY CONDITION Let f(x) be a differentiable function defined on (a, b). Then f(x) > 0 or < 0 according as f(x) is increasing or decreasing on (a, b). SUFFICIENT CONDITION THEOREM Let f be a differentiable real function defined on an open interval (a, b). COROLLARY Let f(x) be a function defined on (a, b) (a) If f(x) > 0 for all x (a, b) except for a finite number of points, where f(x)=0, then f(x) is increasing on (a, b). (b) If f(x) < 0 for all x (a, b0 except for a finite number of points, where f(x)=0, then f(x) id decreasing on (a, b). SOME USEFUL PROPERTIES OF MONOTONIC FUNCTIONS (1) If f (x) is strictly increasing function on an interval [a, b], then f-1 exists and it is also positive. (2) If f(x) is strictly increasing function on an interval [a, b] such that it is continuous, then f-1 I continuous on [f(a), f(b)]. (3) If f(x) is continuous on [a, b] such that f(c ) 0 (f>0) for each c (a, b), then f(x) is monotonically (strictly) increasing function on [a, b]. (4) If f(x) is continuous on [a, b] such that f (c ) 0 (f < 0) for each (a, b), then f(x) is monotonically (strictly) decreasing function on [a, b] (5) If f(x) and g(x) are monotonically (or strictly) increasing (or decreasing) functions on [a, b], then gof(x) is a monotonically (or strictly) increasing function on [a, b] (6) If one of the two functions f(x) and g(x) is strictly (or monotonically) increasing and other a strictly (monotonically) decreasing, then g of (x) is strictly (monotonically) decreasing on [a, b].

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xe ax ,x 0 , where a is a positive constant. Let f(x) = 2 3 x + ax x , x > 0 Find the intervals in which f (x) is increasing. If (x) =f(x) + f(1-x) and f (x) < 0 for all x [0, 1]. Prove that (x) is increasing in [0, ] and decreasing in (1/2, 1]. Let g(x) = 2f(x/2) + f(2-x) and f(x) < 0 for all x (0, 2). Find the intervals of increases and decrease of g(x).

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