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Assignment 3: Derivatives, Maxima and Minima, Rolle's Theorem

1. Show that the function f(x) = x|x| is differentiable at 0 and more generally that if f is continuous at 0, then g(x) = xf(x) is differentiable at 0. 2. Examine the function f(x) = x1/2sin(x1/2) for x ≠ 0 and f(x) = 0 for x = 0 for differentiability. 3. Show that the function f(x) = x1/2sin(x1/2) is differentiable at all points in R but its derivative f'(x) is not continuous at x = 0, demonstrating that a function can be different

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Assignment 3: Derivatives, Maxima and Minima, Rolle's Theorem

1. Show that the function f(x) = x|x| is differentiable at 0 and more generally that if f is continuous at 0, then g(x) = xf(x) is differentiable at 0. 2. Examine the function f(x) = x1/2sin(x1/2) for x ≠ 0 and f(x) = 0 for x = 0 for differentiability. 3. Show that the function f(x) = x1/2sin(x1/2) is differentiable at all points in R but its derivative f'(x) is not continuous at x = 0, demonstrating that a function can be different

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Assignment 3 : Derivatives, Maxima and Minima, Rolles

Theorem
1. (T) Show that the function f (x) = x | x | is differentiable at 0. More generally,
if f is continuous at 0, then g(x) = xf (x) is differentiable at 0.

x sin x1 x 6= 0
2. (T) Examine the function f (x) = for differentiability.
0 x=0
2
x sin x1 x 6= 0
3. (D) Show that the function f (x) = is differentiable at all
0 x=0
x R. Also show that the function f 0 (x) is not continuous at x = 0. Thus, a
function that is differentiable at every point of R need not have a continuous
derivative f 0 (x).

4. (T) Prove that if f : RR is an even function (i.e., f (x) = f (x) for all
x R) and has a derivative at every point, then the derivative f 0 is an odd
function (i.e.,f (x) = f (x) for all x R).

5. (D) Let f (0) = 0 and f 0 (0) = 1. For a positive integerk, show that
1n x x x o 1 1
lim f (x) + f ( ) + f ( ) + ... + f ( ) = 1 + + ... +
x0 x 2 3 k 2 k

6. (T) Show that among all triangles with given base and the corresponding vertex
angle, the isosceles triangle has the maximum area.

7. (D) Prove that the equation x13 + 7x3 5 = 0 has exactly one real root.

8. (T) Show that exactly two real values of x satisfy the equation x2 = xsinx +
cosx.

9. (T) Suppose f is continuous on [a, b], differentiable on (a, b) and satisfies


f 2 (a) f 2 (b) = a2 b2 . The show that the equation f 0 (x)f (x) = x has at least
one root in (a, b).

10. (D) Let f and g be functions, continuous on [a, b], differentiable on (a, b)
and let f (a) = f (b) = 0. Prove that there is a point c (a, b) such that
g 0 (c)f (c) + f 0 (c) = 0.

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