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Math 202 Exam 2 Jerry L. Kazdan


November 5, 2013 12:00 — 1:20

Directions: Part A has 5 shorter problems (8 points each) while Part B has 4 traditional problems
(15 points each). [100 points total].
To receive full credit your solution should be clear and correct. Neatness counts. You have 1 hour
20 minutes. Closed book, no calculators, but you may use one 3 ×5 with notes on both sides.
Part A: Five shorter problems, 8 points each [total: 40 points]
P
A-1. Give an example of an infinite series an that converges but does not converge absolutely.
[You do not need to justify your assertion.]
1 1 1 1
Solution: The alternating harmonic series: 1 − + − + + ···
2 3 4 5

A-2. Give an example of a bounded function defined on −2 ≤ x ≤ 2 that is continuous everywhere


except at x = 0. [You do not need to justify your assertion].
( (
0 −2 ≤ x ≤ 0, sin(1/x) x 6= 0,
Solution: f (x) = also f (x) = .
1 0 < x ≤ 2. 0 x = 0.
The function g(x) = 1/x for x 6= 0 and g(0) = 1 is not an example. Although it is certainly
not continuous at x = 0, it is not bounded – and the problem asks for a bounded function.

A-3. Show that the polynomial p(x) := x6 + x5 − 5 has at least two real zeroes.
Solution: For x near ±∞, clearly p(x) > 0. Also p(0) = −5. Now apply the intermediate
value theorem to the two intervals x ≤ 0 and x ≥ 0. [One could also have observed that just
as obviously p(±2) > 0 so there are two real roots in the interval −2 < x < 2].

A-4. Let g(x) be any smooth function and let f (x) = (x − 1)(x − 2)(x − 3)g(x). Show there is a
point c ∈ (1, 3) where f ′′ (c) = 0.
Solution: By Rolle’s theorem there are points c1 with 1 < c1 < 2 and c2 with 2 < c2 < 3
with f ′ (c1 ) = 0 and f ′ (c2 ) = 0. Apply Rolle’s theorem again using f ′ (x) in the interval [c1 , c2 ]
to obtain a point c ∈ [c1 , c2 ] with f ′′ (c) = 0.

A-5. Say a function f (x) has the properties f ′ (x) = 2 for all x ∈ R and f (1) = 2. Show that
f (x) = 2x. [Hint: To show that “A = B ”, it is often easiest to show that “A − B = 0”.]
Solution: Let g(x) = f (x) − 2x. Then g ′ (x) = 0 everywhere. Thus by the Mean Value
Theorem g(x) ≡ constant. But g(1) = 0 so g(x) = 0 everywhere.
Slight variant. Since f ′ (x) ≡ 2, by the Mean Value Theorem, there is a c between 1 and x so
that
f (x) − f (1) = f ′ (c)(x − 1) = 2(x − 1), that is f (x) − 2 = 2(x − 1).
Thus, f (x) = 2x.
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Part B: Four traditional problems, 15 points each [60 points[


1 1 1
B-1. Determine if the series 1+ + + + · · · converges or diverges. Please explain your
3 5 7
reasoning.
 
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Solution: 1 + + + + + · · · > + + + + ··· = + + + + ··· ,
3 5 7 9 4 6 8 10 2 2 3 4 5
so the series diverges by comparison with the harmonic series.

B-2. Use the definition of the derivative as the limit of a difference quotient to show that if f (x) =
cos 2x, then f is differentiable everywhere and compute its derivative. [You may use that
limθ→0 sinθ θ = 1 and limθ→0 1−cos
θ
θ
= 0.]
Solution:
cos 2(x + h) − cos 2x [cos 2x cos 2h − sin 2x sin 2h] − cos 2x
=
h h
cos 2x(cos 2h − 1) sin 2x sin 2h
= −
h h
cos 2x(cos 2h − 1) sin 2x sin 2h
=2 −2 .
2h 2h
sin θ 1−cos θ
Now let h → 0 and use limθ→0 θ = 1 and limθ→0 θ = 0 to see that
cos 2(x + h) − cos 2x
lim = 0 − 2 sin 2x = −2 sin 2x.
h→0 h
Thus cos 2x is differentiable everywhere and its derivative is −2 sin 2x.

B-3. Let f (x) have two continuous derivatives in the interval (a, b) and say
f ′′ (x) ≥ 0 for all x ∈ [a, b]. Prove that for any x0 the graph of y = f (x)
lies above its tangent line at (x0 , f (x0 )). [If the equation of the tangent
line at x0 is y = g(x), then by “lies above” I mean f (x) ≥ g(x) for all
x ∈ [a, b].]
Solution: The equation of the tangent line at x0 is g(x) = f (x0 ) + f ′ (x0 )(x − x0 ).
Method 1. Taylor’s Theorem says that there is a c between x0 and x so that

f (x) = f (x0 ) + f ′ (x0 )(x − x0 ) + 12 f ′′ (c)(x − x0 )2 .

Since f ′′ (c) ≥ 0, this shows that f (x) ≥ g(x) for all x, that is, the curve lies above its tangent
line.
Method 2. If x > x0 , then there is some p ∈ (x0 , x) where f (x) − f (x0 ) = f ′ (p)(x − x0 ).
But because f ′′ (x) ≥ 0, we know that f ′ (p) ≥ f ′ (x0 ). Thus f (x) − f (x0 ) ≥ f ′ (x0 )(x − x0 ),
that is, f (x) ≥ f (x0 ) + f ′ (x0 )(x − x0 ), as desired.
Similarly, If x ≤ x0 , then there is some q ∈ (x, x0 ) where f (x0 ) − f (x) = f ′ (q)(x0 − x). Since
f ′ (q) ≤ f ′ (x0 ), then f (x0 ) − f (x) ≤ f ′ (x0 )(x0 − x), that is, f (x) ≥ f (x0 ) + f ′ (x0 )(x − x0 ), as
desired.
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B-4. Suppose a function f : R → R has the property that there is a constant a > 0 so that
f ′ (x) ≥ a for all x ∈ R.
a) Show that if x ≥ 0, then f (x) ≥ f (0) + ax while if x ≤ 0, then f (x) ≤ f (0) + ax.
Solution: If x ≥ 0, by the Mean Value Theorem there is a c1 in the interval (0, x)
where
f (x) − f (0) = f ′ (c1 )x ≥ ax, , that is, f (x) ≥ f (0) + ax.
Similarly, if x ≤ 0, by the Mean Value Theorem there is a c2 ∈ (x, 0) where

f (x) − f (0) = f ′ (c2 )x ≤ ax, , that is, f (x) ≤ f (0) + ax.

b) Show that for every c ∈ R there is one (and only one) solution of the equation

f (x) = c.

Thus, there are two steps: (i) show the equation has at least one solution and (ii) show
that the equation has at most one solution.
[Note The existence of at least one solution may be false if you assume only f ′ (x) > 0.
For example the equation ex = −1 has no solution.]
Solution: By part a) we see that as x → +∞ then f (x) → +∞ and as x → −∞ then
f (x) → −∞ (this was the point for including Part (a)). Thus by the Intermediate Value
Theorem for any c there is at least one x such that f (x) = c.
Next we show there is at most one such solution. Reasoning by contradiction, say there
were two distinct solutions, x1 < x2 . Then f (x1 ) = f (x2 ) = c. But by the Mean Value
Theorem there is a point γ between c1 and c2 where f (x2 ) − f (x1 ) = f ′ (γ)(x2 − x1 ) > 0,
a contradiction. [This uniqueness part only used f ′ (x) > 0, not f ′ (x) ≥ a > 0.]

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