Assignment - 7

1. Show that 2x sin(x) + x3 + 2 = 0 has exactly one and only one solution.
(
1
x sin x
x 6= 0
2. Examine the function f (x) = for differentiability.
0 x=0

(
x2 sin x1 x 6= 0
3. Show that the function f (x) = is differentiable at all x R. Also show that the
0 x=0
function f 0 (x) is not continuous at x = 0. Thus a function that is differentiable at every point of R
need not have continuous derivative f 0 (x).

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

5. Let f (0) = 0 and f 0 (0) = 1 for a positive integer k. Show that

1 x x x 1 1 1
lim [f (x) + f ( ) + f ( ) + .... + f ( )] = 1 + + + ..... +
x0 x 2 3 k 2 3 k

6. Show that exactly two real values of x satisfy the equation x2 = x sin x + cos x.

7. Show that the equation x3 + ex has exactly one real root.