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sing and Decreasing Functio
ofa strictly Increasing Function:
te domi . A function fis called a strictly increasin
mac f @)f (x) for all x, »X_ EJ. The
6) entation of such function is given below:
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increasing and Decreasing
function at a Point
letxy be a point in the domain of defi of a real
whedfunction f. Then, f d to be increas r strictly
inaeaing, decreasing or strictly decreasing at x9, if there
ais an open interval / containing xj, such that f is
tating or strictly increasing, decreasing or strictly
xeaing respectively, in I.
Inother words,
Said to be increasing at x = x9, if there exists an
T= (x. - h, x. +h), h >0 such that for all
ET3 x, f (x1) < f(x).
d increasing at x = xo, if there
‘9 — A, xq + A) ich
First Deriy
Increasing anc
Functions ls.
To check or find thar |
decreasing, we use first derivative
given below: :
Theorem Let f be co :
differentiable on the open
@ it increasing in [a, Ol, iff’
(ii) f is decreasing in{a,},
x€ (a,b). ir
(iii) fisa constant function in
x € (a,b),
Proof (i) We can prove d
theorem.
Let xx) €[a, 6] be st
f is continuous and
Mean Value theorem, th
x, such that Wn ea
=
itt
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