Calculus

Calculus Level 2

If f ( x ) = f ( x ) f''(x)=-f(x) and g ( x ) = f ( x ) g(x)=f'(x) and F ( x ) = ( f ( x 2 ) ) 2 + ( g ( x 2 ) ) 2 F(x)= \left(f \left(\dfrac x2\right)\right)^2+\left(g \left(\dfrac x2\right)\right)^2 and given that F ( 5 ) = 5 F(5)=5 , find F ( 10 ) F(10) .


The answer is 5.

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As known: f ( x ) + f ( x ) = 0 f ( x ) = α sin ( x ) + β cos ( x ) = a cos ( x + b ) g ( x ) = a sin ( x + b ) f''(x)+f(x)=0 \Rightarrow f(x)=\alpha \sin(x) + \beta \cos(x) = a\cos(x+b) \Rightarrow g(x)=-a\sin(x+b) So, replacing: F ( x ) = a ( cos 2 ( x + b 2 ) + sin 2 ( x + b 2 ) ) = a F(x)=a(\cos^2(\frac{x+b}{2})+\sin^2(\frac{x+b}{2}))=a Given the condition: F ( 5 ) = 5 F ( x ) = 5 F ( 10 ) = 5 F(5)=5\Rightarrow F(x)=5 \Rightarrow F(10)=5

Chew-Seong Cheong
Sep 14, 2017

Given f ( x ) = f ( x ) f''(x) = - f(x) f ( x ) = A sin x + B cos x \implies f(x) = A\sin x + B \cos x , where A A and B B are arbitrary constants, as shown below.

f ( x ) = A sin x + B cos x f ( x ) = A cos x B sin x = g ( x ) f ( x ) = A sin x B cos x = f ( x ) \begin{aligned} f(x) & = A\sin x + B \cos x \\ f'(x) & = A \cos x - B \sin x = g(x) \\ f''(x) & = - A\sin x - B \cos x = - f(x) \end{aligned}

Then, we have:

F ( x ) = ( f ( x 2 ) ) 2 + ( g ( x 2 ) ) 2 = ( A sin x 2 + B cos x 2 ) 2 + ( A cos x 2 B sin x 2 ) 2 = A 2 sin 2 x 2 + 2 A B sin x 2 cos x 2 + B 2 cos 2 x 2 + A 2 cos 2 x 2 2 A B sin x 2 cos x 2 + B 2 sin 2 x 2 = A 2 ( sin 2 x 2 + cos 2 x 2 ) + B 2 ( sin 2 x 2 + cos 2 x 2 ) = A 2 + B 2 Note that F ( x ) is independent of x . F ( 5 ) = A 2 + B 2 = 5 F ( 10 ) = 5 \begin{aligned} F(x) & = \left(f \left(\frac x2\right)\right)^2+\left(g \left(\frac x2\right)\right)^2 \\ & = \left(A\sin \frac x2 + B \cos \frac x2 \right)^2+\left(A\cos \frac x2 - B \sin \frac x2 \right)^2 \\ & = A^2\sin^2 \frac x2 + 2AB \sin \frac x2 \cos \frac x2 + B^2 \cos^2 \frac x2 + A^2\cos^2 \frac x2 - 2AB \sin \frac x2 \cos \frac x2 + B^2 \sin^2 \frac x2 \\ & = A^2 \left(\sin^2 \frac x2 + \cos^2 \frac x2\right) + B^2 \left(\sin^2 \frac x2 + \cos^2 \frac x2\right) \\ & = A^2 + B^2 \quad \quad \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{Note that }F(x) \text{ is independent of }x. \\ \implies F(5) & = A^2 + B^2 = 5 \\ \implies F(10) & = \boxed{5} \end{aligned}

Tom Engelsman
Sep 13, 2017

Solving for the functions f ( x ) f(x) & g ( x ) g(x) yields:

f ( x ) + f ( x ) = 0 f ( x ) = A c o s ( x ) + B s i n ( x ) f''(x) + f(x) = 0 \Rightarrow f(x) = A cos(x) + B sin(x) and g ( x ) = f ( x ) = A s i n ( x ) + B c o s ( x ) g(x) = f'(x) = -A sin(x) + B cos(x) (where A , B R ) . A,B \in \mathbb{R}).

Solving for F ( x ) F(x) produces:

F ( x ) = [ f ( x / 2 ) ] 2 + [ g ( x / 2 ) ] 2 = ( A c o s ( x / 2 ) + B s i n ( x / 2 ) ) 2 + ( A s i n ( x / 2 ) + B c o s ( x / 2 ) ) 2 F(x) = [f(x/2)]^{2} + [g(x/2)]^{2} = (Acos(x/2) + Bsin(x/2))^{2} + (-Asin(x/2) + B cos(x/2))^{2} ;

or A 2 c o s 2 ( x / 2 ) + 2 A B c o s ( x / 2 ) s i n ( x / 2 ) + B 2 s i n 2 ( x / 2 ) + A 2 s i n 2 ( x / 2 ) 2 A B c o s ( x / 2 ) s i n ( x / 2 ) + B 2 c o s 2 ( x / 2 ) ; A^{2}cos^{2}(x/2) + 2ABcos(x/2)sin(x/2) + B^{2}sin^{2}(x/2) + A^{2}sin^{2}(x/2) - 2ABcos(x/2)sin(x/2) + B^{2}cos^{2}(x/2);

or ( A 2 + B 2 ) ( c o s 2 ( x / 2 ) + s i n 2 ( x / 2 ) ) ; (A^2 + B^2)(cos^{2}(x/2) + sin^{2}(x/2));

or F ( x ) = A 2 + B 2 = c o n s t a n t \boxed{F(x) = A^2 + B^2 = constant} for all x R . x \in \mathbb{R}. Hence, F ( 10 ) = F ( 5 ) = 5 . F(10) = F(5) = \boxed{5}.

@Tom Engelsman , you should put a backslash in front of functions so that they don't appear as italic which is for valuables and constants. For example \sin sin \sin , \cos cos \cos , \tan tan \tan , \ln ln \ln , \gcd gcd \gcd , \int \int , \sum \sum .

Chew-Seong Cheong - 3 years, 8 months ago

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