MATH100 December 2018
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Question 11 (a)
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Let be a twice differentialble function with a continuous second derivative and also, satisfying the property that
for each positive real number . We let .
Prove that there exist infinitely many real numbers such that .
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Hint 2
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Solution
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Let . Note that since is differentiable (and since is differentiable), then is also differentiable (and therefore continuous).
Let , then .
Let , then .
Thus, by the intermediate value theorem (which applies because, as we saw, is continuous), there exists such that .
Using the same method, by the periodicity of we see that for any integer , there exists such that . .
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