The real-valued function f is defined and continuous on the set of all real numbers, takes only positive values and for certain function g f ( x ) f ( y ) = g ( x 2 + y 2 ) for all real numbers x and y . If we know that f ( 0 ) = 2 0 2 0 and f ( 1 ) = e 2 0 2 0 , find the value of ⌊ 1 0 0 0 0 f ( π ) ⌋ .
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If the function f ( x ) is continuous, then the function g ( x 2 + y 2 ) is also continuous. This allows us to proceed as follows. COnsider:
f ( x ) f ( y ) = g ( x 2 + y 2 )
Partially differentiating the above with respect to x gives:
f ′ ( x ) f ( y ) = x 2 + y 2 x g ′ ( x 2 + y 2 ) … ( 1 )
Partially differentiating the above with respect to y gives:
f ( x ) f ′ ( y ) = x 2 + y 2 y g ′ ( x 2 + y 2 ) … ( 2 )
Dividing (1) and (2) and rearranging gives:
x f ( x ) f ′ ( x ) = y f ( y ) f ′ ( y )
Replacing y by any constant reduces the right-hand side to a constant (say A ) thus leading to:
f ( x ) f ′ ( x ) = A x
Integrating both sides and simplifying leads to:
f ( x ) = B e A x 2
Where B is an arbitrary constant. Now f ( 0 ) = 2 0 2 0 , thus B = 2 0 2 0 .
f ( x ) = 2 0 2 0 e A x 2
Now f ( 1 ) = 2 0 2 0 / e and this leads to A = − 1 . Therefore, the solution is:
f ( x ) = 2 0 2 0 e − x 2
From here, the required answer follows.
f ( π ) ≈ 1 0 4 4 . 8
Very nice, but you are using that the function f has derivative and this is not given. Before doing this, you would need to prove that the differentiability of f can be derived from the given conditions.
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That is a valid point. I did implicitly make the assumption of differentiability. I will update my solution as soon as I can show that f is differentiable.
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Making y = 0 in the equation f ( x ) f ( y ) = g ( x 2 + y 2 ) , we obtain that 2 0 2 0 f ( x ) = g ( x 2 ) . ( ∗ )
Then we can rewrite the given functional equation as f ( x ) f ( y ) = 2 0 2 0 f ( x 2 + y 2 ) . Now by making h ( x ) = 2 0 2 0 1 f ( x ) , and substitution into the previous equation and multiplying both side of the equation by a convenient number, we get the equation h ( x ) h ( y ) = h ( x 2 + y 2 ) . ( ∗ ∗ ) As we have done it before, replacing the y by 0 in the last equation, we obtain that h ( x ) = h ( x 2 ) and therefore there is a continuous function m defined on the interval [ 0 , ∞ ] with positive values, such that h ( x ) = m ( x 2 ) . Then the equation ( ∗ ∗ ) written in terms of m turns to be m ( x 2 ) m ( y 2 ) = m ( x 2 + y 2 ) , Making t = x 2 and s = y 2 , it follows that m ( t ) m ( s ) = m ( t + s ) . It is known that if m is defined and continuous on [ 0 , ∞ ) with positive values and satisfies the previous functional equation , then m ( t ) = e k t , where k is a real constant. Then using backsubstitution, we obtain that f ( x ) = 2 0 2 0 h ( x ) = 2 0 2 0 m ( x 2 ) = 2 0 2 0 e k x 2
Now using the fact that f ( 1 ) = e 2 0 2 0 , we obtain the equation e k = e 1 , and, therefore, k = − 1 . Then the answer is ⌊ 1 0 0 0 0 f ( π ) ⌋ = ⌊ 1 0 0 0 0 ∗ 2 0 2 0 e − 1 π 2 ⌋ = 1 0 4 4 .