Prove there are $xi$, $eta$ with $f'(xi)f'(eta)=1$
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Let $f:[0,1]tomathbb{R}$ be continuous with $f(0)=0$, $f(1)=1$ and $f$ is differentiable on $(0,1)$. Show that there are distinct $xi,etain(0,1)$ so that $f'(xi)f'(eta)=1$.
I think this requires mean value theorem. But this does not help since if apply the theorem to $f$ we can only get $f'(c)=1$ for some $c$.
calculus derivatives
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Let $f:[0,1]tomathbb{R}$ be continuous with $f(0)=0$, $f(1)=1$ and $f$ is differentiable on $(0,1)$. Show that there are distinct $xi,etain(0,1)$ so that $f'(xi)f'(eta)=1$.
I think this requires mean value theorem. But this does not help since if apply the theorem to $f$ we can only get $f'(c)=1$ for some $c$.
calculus derivatives
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The result is very general and for any given positive integer $n$ it is possible to find $n$ distinct points $x_{1}, x_{2},dots, x_{n}$ all in $(0,1)$ such that $prod_{i = 1}^{n}f'(x_{i}) = 1$. This is already proved in MSE but unable to find the link.
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– Paramanand Singh
Jan 12 '16 at 3:54
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@ParamanandSingh: That's How to prove there exist distinct $a_{i}$ such $f'(a_{1})f'(a_{2})f'(a_{3})cdots f'(a_{n})=1$.
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– Martin R
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Let $f:[0,1]tomathbb{R}$ be continuous with $f(0)=0$, $f(1)=1$ and $f$ is differentiable on $(0,1)$. Show that there are distinct $xi,etain(0,1)$ so that $f'(xi)f'(eta)=1$.
I think this requires mean value theorem. But this does not help since if apply the theorem to $f$ we can only get $f'(c)=1$ for some $c$.
calculus derivatives
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Let $f:[0,1]tomathbb{R}$ be continuous with $f(0)=0$, $f(1)=1$ and $f$ is differentiable on $(0,1)$. Show that there are distinct $xi,etain(0,1)$ so that $f'(xi)f'(eta)=1$.
I think this requires mean value theorem. But this does not help since if apply the theorem to $f$ we can only get $f'(c)=1$ for some $c$.
calculus derivatives
calculus derivatives
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The result is very general and for any given positive integer $n$ it is possible to find $n$ distinct points $x_{1}, x_{2},dots, x_{n}$ all in $(0,1)$ such that $prod_{i = 1}^{n}f'(x_{i}) = 1$. This is already proved in MSE but unable to find the link.
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– Paramanand Singh
Jan 12 '16 at 3:54
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@ParamanandSingh: That's How to prove there exist distinct $a_{i}$ such $f'(a_{1})f'(a_{2})f'(a_{3})cdots f'(a_{n})=1$.
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– Martin R
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The result is very general and for any given positive integer $n$ it is possible to find $n$ distinct points $x_{1}, x_{2},dots, x_{n}$ all in $(0,1)$ such that $prod_{i = 1}^{n}f'(x_{i}) = 1$. This is already proved in MSE but unable to find the link.
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– Paramanand Singh
Jan 12 '16 at 3:54
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@ParamanandSingh: That's How to prove there exist distinct $a_{i}$ such $f'(a_{1})f'(a_{2})f'(a_{3})cdots f'(a_{n})=1$.
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– Martin R
Jan 24 at 12:14
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The result is very general and for any given positive integer $n$ it is possible to find $n$ distinct points $x_{1}, x_{2},dots, x_{n}$ all in $(0,1)$ such that $prod_{i = 1}^{n}f'(x_{i}) = 1$. This is already proved in MSE but unable to find the link.
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– Paramanand Singh
Jan 12 '16 at 3:54
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The result is very general and for any given positive integer $n$ it is possible to find $n$ distinct points $x_{1}, x_{2},dots, x_{n}$ all in $(0,1)$ such that $prod_{i = 1}^{n}f'(x_{i}) = 1$. This is already proved in MSE but unable to find the link.
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– Paramanand Singh
Jan 12 '16 at 3:54
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@ParamanandSingh: That's How to prove there exist distinct $a_{i}$ such $f'(a_{1})f'(a_{2})f'(a_{3})cdots f'(a_{n})=1$.
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– Martin R
Jan 24 at 12:14
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@ParamanandSingh: That's How to prove there exist distinct $a_{i}$ such $f'(a_{1})f'(a_{2})f'(a_{3})cdots f'(a_{n})=1$.
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Here is one way to do this:
Let $g(x) = f(x)^2 - x^2$. Applying Rolle's theorem to $g(x)$, we obtain a value $eta in (0,1)$ such that $2f(eta)f^prime(eta) - 2eta = 0$, or $f(eta) = frac{eta}{f^prime(eta)}$. Now apply the mean value theorem to $f$ on the domain $[0, eta]$ to obtain a value $xi in (0,eta)$ such that $f^prime(xi) = frac{f(eta)}{eta}$. Then $displaystyle f^prime(xi)f^prime(eta) = frac{f(eta)}{eta}f^prime(eta) = frac{eta}{eta f^prime(eta)}f^prime(eta) = 1$.
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Sir what is the motivation behind considering the function $f(x)^2-x^2$?
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Clearly the equation $f(x) = x$ has at least two roots in $[0, 1]$ (namely $x = 0, x = 1$). If there was another root in $(0, 1)$ (say $c$) then we know that there will be $xi in (0, c), eta in (c, 1)$ such that $f'(xi) = 1 = f'(eta)$ and we are done.
Hence let's assume that $x = 0, 1$ are the only roots of $f(x) = x$ in $[0, 1]$. Thus there are two possibilities: either $f(x) > x$ for all $x in (0, 1)$ or $f(x) < x$ for all $x in (0, 1)$.
We take the case when $f(x) > x$ for all $x in (0, 1)$. Consider the point $d in (0, 1)$ where $f'(d) = 1$ (its existence is guaranteed by Mean Value Theorem). Clearly $f(d) > d$ and hence there is a point $p in (0, d)$ with $f'(p) = f(d)/d > 1$ and another point $q in (d, 1)$ with $f'(q) = (1 - f(d))/(1 - d) < 1$. Thus we have found two points $p, q in (0, 1)$ with $B = f'(p) > 1, A = f'(q) < 1$.
Now the proof is almost obvious. By Darboux theorem derivatives possess the intermediate value property and hence $f'(x)$ takes all values between $A$ and $1$ and all values between $1$ and $B$. And clearly we can choose two such values of $f'(x)$ whose product is $1$.
More generally we can choose as many pairs of values of $x$ as we want such that the product of derivative $f'$ at these points (corresponding to one chosen pair) is $1$. This proves the general result that for any $n$ we can find distinct points $x_{i}$ such that $prod f'(x_{i}) = 1 $.
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Here is one way to do this:
Let $g(x) = f(x)^2 - x^2$. Applying Rolle's theorem to $g(x)$, we obtain a value $eta in (0,1)$ such that $2f(eta)f^prime(eta) - 2eta = 0$, or $f(eta) = frac{eta}{f^prime(eta)}$. Now apply the mean value theorem to $f$ on the domain $[0, eta]$ to obtain a value $xi in (0,eta)$ such that $f^prime(xi) = frac{f(eta)}{eta}$. Then $displaystyle f^prime(xi)f^prime(eta) = frac{f(eta)}{eta}f^prime(eta) = frac{eta}{eta f^prime(eta)}f^prime(eta) = 1$.
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Sir what is the motivation behind considering the function $f(x)^2-x^2$?
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– TheBox
Jan 12 '16 at 5:41
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Here is one way to do this:
Let $g(x) = f(x)^2 - x^2$. Applying Rolle's theorem to $g(x)$, we obtain a value $eta in (0,1)$ such that $2f(eta)f^prime(eta) - 2eta = 0$, or $f(eta) = frac{eta}{f^prime(eta)}$. Now apply the mean value theorem to $f$ on the domain $[0, eta]$ to obtain a value $xi in (0,eta)$ such that $f^prime(xi) = frac{f(eta)}{eta}$. Then $displaystyle f^prime(xi)f^prime(eta) = frac{f(eta)}{eta}f^prime(eta) = frac{eta}{eta f^prime(eta)}f^prime(eta) = 1$.
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Sir what is the motivation behind considering the function $f(x)^2-x^2$?
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– TheBox
Jan 12 '16 at 5:41
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Here is one way to do this:
Let $g(x) = f(x)^2 - x^2$. Applying Rolle's theorem to $g(x)$, we obtain a value $eta in (0,1)$ such that $2f(eta)f^prime(eta) - 2eta = 0$, or $f(eta) = frac{eta}{f^prime(eta)}$. Now apply the mean value theorem to $f$ on the domain $[0, eta]$ to obtain a value $xi in (0,eta)$ such that $f^prime(xi) = frac{f(eta)}{eta}$. Then $displaystyle f^prime(xi)f^prime(eta) = frac{f(eta)}{eta}f^prime(eta) = frac{eta}{eta f^prime(eta)}f^prime(eta) = 1$.
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Here is one way to do this:
Let $g(x) = f(x)^2 - x^2$. Applying Rolle's theorem to $g(x)$, we obtain a value $eta in (0,1)$ such that $2f(eta)f^prime(eta) - 2eta = 0$, or $f(eta) = frac{eta}{f^prime(eta)}$. Now apply the mean value theorem to $f$ on the domain $[0, eta]$ to obtain a value $xi in (0,eta)$ such that $f^prime(xi) = frac{f(eta)}{eta}$. Then $displaystyle f^prime(xi)f^prime(eta) = frac{f(eta)}{eta}f^prime(eta) = frac{eta}{eta f^prime(eta)}f^prime(eta) = 1$.
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Sir what is the motivation behind considering the function $f(x)^2-x^2$?
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Sir what is the motivation behind considering the function $f(x)^2-x^2$?
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– TheBox
Jan 12 '16 at 5:41
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Sir what is the motivation behind considering the function $f(x)^2-x^2$?
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– TheBox
Jan 12 '16 at 5:41
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Sir what is the motivation behind considering the function $f(x)^2-x^2$?
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Clearly the equation $f(x) = x$ has at least two roots in $[0, 1]$ (namely $x = 0, x = 1$). If there was another root in $(0, 1)$ (say $c$) then we know that there will be $xi in (0, c), eta in (c, 1)$ such that $f'(xi) = 1 = f'(eta)$ and we are done.
Hence let's assume that $x = 0, 1$ are the only roots of $f(x) = x$ in $[0, 1]$. Thus there are two possibilities: either $f(x) > x$ for all $x in (0, 1)$ or $f(x) < x$ for all $x in (0, 1)$.
We take the case when $f(x) > x$ for all $x in (0, 1)$. Consider the point $d in (0, 1)$ where $f'(d) = 1$ (its existence is guaranteed by Mean Value Theorem). Clearly $f(d) > d$ and hence there is a point $p in (0, d)$ with $f'(p) = f(d)/d > 1$ and another point $q in (d, 1)$ with $f'(q) = (1 - f(d))/(1 - d) < 1$. Thus we have found two points $p, q in (0, 1)$ with $B = f'(p) > 1, A = f'(q) < 1$.
Now the proof is almost obvious. By Darboux theorem derivatives possess the intermediate value property and hence $f'(x)$ takes all values between $A$ and $1$ and all values between $1$ and $B$. And clearly we can choose two such values of $f'(x)$ whose product is $1$.
More generally we can choose as many pairs of values of $x$ as we want such that the product of derivative $f'$ at these points (corresponding to one chosen pair) is $1$. This proves the general result that for any $n$ we can find distinct points $x_{i}$ such that $prod f'(x_{i}) = 1 $.
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Clearly the equation $f(x) = x$ has at least two roots in $[0, 1]$ (namely $x = 0, x = 1$). If there was another root in $(0, 1)$ (say $c$) then we know that there will be $xi in (0, c), eta in (c, 1)$ such that $f'(xi) = 1 = f'(eta)$ and we are done.
Hence let's assume that $x = 0, 1$ are the only roots of $f(x) = x$ in $[0, 1]$. Thus there are two possibilities: either $f(x) > x$ for all $x in (0, 1)$ or $f(x) < x$ for all $x in (0, 1)$.
We take the case when $f(x) > x$ for all $x in (0, 1)$. Consider the point $d in (0, 1)$ where $f'(d) = 1$ (its existence is guaranteed by Mean Value Theorem). Clearly $f(d) > d$ and hence there is a point $p in (0, d)$ with $f'(p) = f(d)/d > 1$ and another point $q in (d, 1)$ with $f'(q) = (1 - f(d))/(1 - d) < 1$. Thus we have found two points $p, q in (0, 1)$ with $B = f'(p) > 1, A = f'(q) < 1$.
Now the proof is almost obvious. By Darboux theorem derivatives possess the intermediate value property and hence $f'(x)$ takes all values between $A$ and $1$ and all values between $1$ and $B$. And clearly we can choose two such values of $f'(x)$ whose product is $1$.
More generally we can choose as many pairs of values of $x$ as we want such that the product of derivative $f'$ at these points (corresponding to one chosen pair) is $1$. This proves the general result that for any $n$ we can find distinct points $x_{i}$ such that $prod f'(x_{i}) = 1 $.
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Clearly the equation $f(x) = x$ has at least two roots in $[0, 1]$ (namely $x = 0, x = 1$). If there was another root in $(0, 1)$ (say $c$) then we know that there will be $xi in (0, c), eta in (c, 1)$ such that $f'(xi) = 1 = f'(eta)$ and we are done.
Hence let's assume that $x = 0, 1$ are the only roots of $f(x) = x$ in $[0, 1]$. Thus there are two possibilities: either $f(x) > x$ for all $x in (0, 1)$ or $f(x) < x$ for all $x in (0, 1)$.
We take the case when $f(x) > x$ for all $x in (0, 1)$. Consider the point $d in (0, 1)$ where $f'(d) = 1$ (its existence is guaranteed by Mean Value Theorem). Clearly $f(d) > d$ and hence there is a point $p in (0, d)$ with $f'(p) = f(d)/d > 1$ and another point $q in (d, 1)$ with $f'(q) = (1 - f(d))/(1 - d) < 1$. Thus we have found two points $p, q in (0, 1)$ with $B = f'(p) > 1, A = f'(q) < 1$.
Now the proof is almost obvious. By Darboux theorem derivatives possess the intermediate value property and hence $f'(x)$ takes all values between $A$ and $1$ and all values between $1$ and $B$. And clearly we can choose two such values of $f'(x)$ whose product is $1$.
More generally we can choose as many pairs of values of $x$ as we want such that the product of derivative $f'$ at these points (corresponding to one chosen pair) is $1$. This proves the general result that for any $n$ we can find distinct points $x_{i}$ such that $prod f'(x_{i}) = 1 $.
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Clearly the equation $f(x) = x$ has at least two roots in $[0, 1]$ (namely $x = 0, x = 1$). If there was another root in $(0, 1)$ (say $c$) then we know that there will be $xi in (0, c), eta in (c, 1)$ such that $f'(xi) = 1 = f'(eta)$ and we are done.
Hence let's assume that $x = 0, 1$ are the only roots of $f(x) = x$ in $[0, 1]$. Thus there are two possibilities: either $f(x) > x$ for all $x in (0, 1)$ or $f(x) < x$ for all $x in (0, 1)$.
We take the case when $f(x) > x$ for all $x in (0, 1)$. Consider the point $d in (0, 1)$ where $f'(d) = 1$ (its existence is guaranteed by Mean Value Theorem). Clearly $f(d) > d$ and hence there is a point $p in (0, d)$ with $f'(p) = f(d)/d > 1$ and another point $q in (d, 1)$ with $f'(q) = (1 - f(d))/(1 - d) < 1$. Thus we have found two points $p, q in (0, 1)$ with $B = f'(p) > 1, A = f'(q) < 1$.
Now the proof is almost obvious. By Darboux theorem derivatives possess the intermediate value property and hence $f'(x)$ takes all values between $A$ and $1$ and all values between $1$ and $B$. And clearly we can choose two such values of $f'(x)$ whose product is $1$.
More generally we can choose as many pairs of values of $x$ as we want such that the product of derivative $f'$ at these points (corresponding to one chosen pair) is $1$. This proves the general result that for any $n$ we can find distinct points $x_{i}$ such that $prod f'(x_{i}) = 1 $.
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The result is very general and for any given positive integer $n$ it is possible to find $n$ distinct points $x_{1}, x_{2},dots, x_{n}$ all in $(0,1)$ such that $prod_{i = 1}^{n}f'(x_{i}) = 1$. This is already proved in MSE but unable to find the link.
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– Paramanand Singh
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@ParamanandSingh: That's How to prove there exist distinct $a_{i}$ such $f'(a_{1})f'(a_{2})f'(a_{3})cdots f'(a_{n})=1$.
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