Calculus Problem by LOGA 4

Calculus Level 4

Let f ( x ) = x 2020 e x f(x)=x^{2020}e^{-x} and g ( t ) = lim n ( t 1 t + 1 ( f ( x ) ) n d x ) 1 n ( t 0 ) g(t)=\lim_{n\to\infty}\left(\int_{t-1}^{t+1}\Big(f(x)\Big)^{n}dx\right)^{\frac{1}{n}} (t\geq0) The function g ( t ) g(t) increases on the interval [ 1 , a ] [1,~a] , and decreases on the interval [ b , ) [b,~\infty) . Let a 0 a_0 be the largest value of a a , and b 0 b_0 be the smallest value of b b . Find a 0 + 2 b 0 a_0+2b_0 .

Easy Version


The answer is 6061.

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Logic Alpha
Nov 14, 2020

Lemma : Let f f be a positive and continuous function on the interval [ a , b ] [a,~b] . Then lim n ( a b [ f ( x ) ] n d x ) 1 n = M \lim_{n\to\infty}\left(\int_{a}^{b}\left[f(x)\right]^{n}dx\right)^{\frac{1}{n}} =M where M M is its maximum value on the interval [ a , b ] [a,~b] .

Proof : Let c c be any number between 0 0 and M M . Since f f is continuous, there exist α c \alpha_c and β c \beta_c such that α c x β c f ( x ) c \alpha_c\leq x\leq\beta_c~\Rightarrow~f(x)\geq c Therefore, c n ( β c α c ) α c β c [ f ( x ) ] n d x a b [ f ( x ) ] n d x M n ( b a ) c^{n}(\beta_c-\alpha_c)\leq\int_{\alpha_c}^{\beta_c} [f(x)]^{n}dx\leq\int_{a}^{b} [f(x)]^{n}dx\leq M^{n}(b-a) c ( β c α c ) 1 n ( a b [ f ( x ) ] n d x ) 1 n M ( b a ) 1 n c(\beta_c-\alpha_c)^{\frac{1}{n}}\leq\left(\int_{a}^{b} [f(x)]^{n}dx\right)^{\frac{1}{n}}\leq M(b-a)^{\frac{1}{n}} c lim n ( a b [ f ( x ) ] n d x ) 1 n M c\leq\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty}\left(\int_{a}^{b} [f(x)]^{n}dx\right)^{\frac{1}{n}}\leq M As c c is any number between 0 0 and M M , we can conclude that lim n ( a b [ f ( x ) ] n d x ) 1 n = M \lim_{n\to\infty}\left(\int_{a}^{b}\left[f(x)\right]^{n}dx\right)^{\frac{1}{n}} =M

By the lemma, we can know that g ( t ) g(t) is the maximum value of f ( x ) f(x) on the interval [ t 1 , t + 1 ] [t-1,~t+1] . Since f ( x ) = x 2019 e x ( x 2020 ) f'(x)=-x^{2019}e^{-x}(x-2020) , f f attains its maximum value at 2020 2020 . Therefore a 0 = 2019 , b 0 = 2021 , a_0=2019,~b_0=2021, and a 0 + 2 b 0 = 6061 a_0+2b_0=6061 .

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