Exercise Set IIa
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Exercise Set IIa
First Semester, A.Y. 2012-2013
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I. Write TRUE if the statement is always true. Otherwise, write FALSE.
1. The set P = {(, ), (2, ), (3, ), ..., (2012, )} is a function.
2. The linear equation ax + by + c = 0 defines a function on R whenever the real numbers a
and b are not both zero.
3. If f : R R is defined by f (x) = |x2 4| + 1, then ranf = [0, ).
4. Every polynomial function of degree n > 0 has at least 1 real zero.
5. Let z C and f be a polynomial of degree n N. If f (z) = 0 then f (z) = 0.
6. Let g be a polynomial of degree n N. If 2 is a zero of g then so is 2.
7. If f : R R is a constant function then either f has no zeros or f has infinitely many
zeros.
2
8. Let f (x) = 6x3 + 7x + 2. By the Rational Zeros Theorem, is a zero of f .
6
9. Every polynomial function of degree 3 has a rational zero.
10. The relation R = {(x, y) X Y |x 0 and x = y} is a function on the set
X = {2012, 2011, ..., 3, 2, 1, 0} and Y = {0, 1, 2, 3, ..., 2012}.
II. Give the natural domain of the following functions. Give the range of the functions in items
2 and 5.
x2 2 + x 4 + 1 + 4 x2
q
p
2. g(y) = 1 + 1 + 1 + y
1. f (x) =
2x3 25
1
1 2
|x x 6|
t3 t+3
4. r(t) =
(t + 1)(t + 2) 2
5. u() = + 1 +
3. h(x) =
III. Do as indicated.
1. Find all the complex zeros of the following functions:
(a) f (x) = x4 16.
(b) g(x) = (x + 1)(x + 2)(x + 3) 6.
(c) h(x) = 2x3 + 11x2 + 4x 5.
2. Find the remainder when
f (x) = 12 x2 31 x3 + 15 x5 17 x7 + 11
is divided by x 2.
3. Solve for the values of k that will make x 3 a factor of
g(x) = [(4 x)k]3 + (3x)(k 2 + 1) + (5x 4)k 3.
4. Give a polynomial f of least degree and with integral coefficients such that
root, 1 is a triple root, and 1 i as a double root.
2 is a double
5. Find the sum and product of the zeros of f (x) = x4 34x2 + 12x3 25x 18.
6. Sketch the graph of the following functions
6x 3 if x < 12
1
if x = 21 .
(a) f (x) =
4x 1 if x > 1
2
2x + 1
x2 + 6x + 8 if 4 < x 2
4 x2
if
2 < x < 0
(b) g(x) =
4 x2
if
0<x2
x 2 + 3 if
x>2
| 3x2 + 3|
x1
4 x2
(d) j(x) =
2+x
(c) h(x) =
IV. Miscellaneous problems
1. We define the signum function sgn : R {1, 0, 1} by
if x > 0
1
sgn(x) =
if
x=0
if
x<0
2x 3
(x 1)(x 3)
and h(x) =
. Find all x such that (a) sgn(g(x)) = 1 and
x+2
(x 2)(x 4)
(b) sgn(h(x)) = 1.
Let g(x) =
2. Find all functions f : R R that satisfy the equation
f (x + y)2 = f (x)2 + f (y)2
for all x, y R.
3. Let =
6 X R. A function f : X R is an involution if (f f )(x) = x for every x X.
Denote by f k (x) the composition of f with itself k times, i.e. f k (x) = (f f f )(x).
|
{z
}
k times
1
, g(x) = x, and h(x) = 1 x are involutions.
x
(b) Find f 2012 (1) and domf 2012 .
(a) Show that f (x) =
(c) Show that hk (x) = h(x) whenever k is odd. Is this true for any involution f ?
4. Let f (x) be a 2nd degree polynomial such that x2 8x + 17 < f (x) < 2x2 16x + 33.
Given f (10) = 55, find f (22).
5. Find the largest integer n Z such that 1 + n + n2 + + n2011 + n2012 is divisible by
n + 2012.
6. Find all the complex zeros of f (x) = (x 1)(x 2)(x 3)2 (x 4)(x 5) 360.
