f ( x ) = x 5 sin ( 3 x ) + A sin ( 2 x ) + B sin ( x )
Suppose we define f ( x ) as above except at the point x = 0 , if f ( x ) is continuous at x = 0 , then find the value of f ( 0 ) .
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It's better to keep the best possible approach in your solution section alone. Method 2 is the most sensible approach to this problem.
Expansion is much better than this
My method may be same as that of Rishabh Deep Singh .
Let g ( x ) = sin ( 3 x ) + A sin ( 2 x ) + B sin ( x ) , for f ( 0 ) to be continuous, g ( x ) must have the form g ( x ) = x 5 h ( x ) , so that f ( x ) = x 5 g ( x ) = x 5 x 5 h ( x ) = h ( x ) , which is continuous at x = 0 .
g ( x ) = sin ( 3 x ) + A sin ( 2 x ) + B sin ( x ) By Maclaurin series = ( 3 x − 3 ! ( 3 x ) 3 + 3 ! ( 3 x ) 5 − . . . ) + A ( 2 x − 3 ! ( 2 x ) 3 + 3 ! ( 2 x ) 5 − . . . ) + B ( x − 3 ! x 3 + 3 ! x 5 − . . . ) = 3 x − 3 ! 2 7 x 3 + A ( 2 x − 3 ! 8 x 3 ) + B ( x − 3 ! x 3 ) + x 5 ( 5 ! 3 5 − 7 ! 3 7 x 2 + 9 ! 3 9 x 4 − . . . ) + A x 5 ( 5 ! 2 5 − 7 ! 2 7 x 2 + 9 ! 2 9 x 4 − . . . ) + B x 5 ( 5 ! 1 − 7 ! x 2 + 9 ! x 4 − . . . )
To make g ( x ) = x 5 h ( x ) , then: 3 x − 3 ! 2 7 x 3 + A ( 2 x − 3 ! 8 x 3 ) + B ( x − 3 ! x 3 ) = 0 and equating the coefficients, we have:
{ 3 + 2 A + B = 0 2 7 + 8 A + B = 0 ⇒ A = − 4 , B = 5
⇒ f ( 0 ) = h ( 0 ) = 5 ! 3 5 + A 5 ! 2 5 + B 5 ! 1 = 5 ! 2 4 2 − 4 × 3 2 + 5 × 1 = 1 2 0 1 2 0 = 1
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Method 1, (the long way): Using the identities
sin ( 3 x ) = 3 sin ( x ) − 4 sin 3 ( x ) and sin ( 2 x ) = 2 sin ( x ) cos ( x ) ,
we can rewrite the given function as
f ( x ) = x 5 3 sin ( x ) − 4 sin 3 ( x ) + 2 A sin ( x ) cos ( x ) + B sin ( x ) =
x sin ( x ) ∗ x 4 3 − 4 sin 2 ( x ) + 2 A cos ( x ) + B .
Now since we want lim x → 0 f ( x ) to exist, and since lim x → 0 x sin ( x ) = 1 , we will require that
3 − 4 sin 2 ( x ) + 2 A cos ( x ) + B = 0 at x = 0 , i.e., that 3 + 2 A + B = 0 .
This will then make g ( x ) = x 4 3 − 4 sin 2 ( x ) + 2 A cos ( x ) + B
indeterminate at x = 0 . Applying L'Hopital's rule, we have that
lim x → 0 x 4 3 − 4 sin 2 ( x ) + 2 A cos ( x ) + B =
lim x → 0 4 x 3 − 8 sin ( x ) cos ( x ) − 2 A sin ( x ) =
lim x → 0 ( − 2 1 ∗ x sin ( x ) ∗ x 2 4 cos ( x ) + A ) , (i).
Again, since lim x → 0 x sin ( x ) = 1 , for this limit to exist we will require that 4 cos ( x ) + A = 0 at x = 0 , i.e., that A = − 4 .
This in turn gives us that B = − ( 3 + 2 A ) = 5 .
To make f ( x ) continuous at x = 0 , we will need to then assign f ( 0 ) the same value as
lim x → 0 x 5 sin ( 3 x ) − 4 sin ( 2 x ) + 5 sin ( x ) .
To determine this limit, we just need to apply L'Hopital's rule to (i) once more, giving us that
lim x → 0 f ( x ) = − 2 1 lim x → 0 x 2 4 cos ( x ) − 4 =
− 2 1 lim x → 0 2 x − 4 sin ( x ) = lim x → 0 x sin ( x ) = 1 .
Thus we can make f ( x ) continuous at x = 0 if we assign the value f ( 0 ) = 1 .
Method 2: Using the series expansion
sin ( x ) = x − 3 ! x 3 + 5 ! x 5 + O ( x 7 ) ,
we can rewrite f ( x ) as
f ( x ) = x 4 1 ( 3 + 2 A + B ) − 6 x 2 1 ( 2 7 + 8 A + B ) + 1 2 0 1 ( 2 4 3 + 3 2 A + B ) + O ( x 2 ) .
For the limit to exist as x → 0 we must have that
3 + 2 A + B = 0 and that 2 7 + 8 A + B = 0
⟹ 2 4 + 6 A = 0 ⟹ A = − 4 , and thus B = − ( 3 + 2 A ) = 5 .
With these values, we would then have lim x → 0 f ( x ) = 1 2 0 1 ( 2 4 3 + 3 2 ∗ ( − 4 ) + 5 ) = 1 .
Thus, again, to make f ( x ) continuous at x = 0 we must assign f ( 0 ) = 1 .