Christmas Streak 30/88: Sum of... wait, what?

Calculus Level 5

For a function f ( x ) = 2 + sin x f(x)=2+\sin x , define F ( x ) = 0 x f ( t ) d t . \displaystyle F(x)=\int_{0}^{x} f(t) dt. .

A differentiable function g ( x ) g(x) satisfies F ( g ( x ) ) = 1 2 F ( x ) F(g(x))=\dfrac{1}{2}F(x) for all reals x x .

Find the value of n = 1 30 g ( ( 2 n 1 ) π ) . \displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{30}g '((2n-1)\pi).


This problem is a part of <Christmas Streak 2017> series .


The answer is 20.

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1 solution

Boi (보이)
Oct 28, 2017

This is a very quick and undetailed solution. If you have any doubts, ask in the comments section.


Differentiate both sides of F ( g ( x ) ) = 1 2 F ( x ) . F(g(x))=\dfrac{1}{2}F(x). Then g ( x ) f ( g ( x ) ) = f ( x ) . g '(x)f(g(x))=f(x).

Let p = ( 4 n 3 ) π p=(4n-3)\pi and q = ( 4 n 1 ) π . q=(4n-1)\pi.

And observe that y = f ( x ) y=f(x) is symmetrical over the lines x = p 2 x=\dfrac{p}{2} and x = q 2 . x=\dfrac{q}{2}.

Therefore 0 1 2 p f ( t ) d t = 1 2 0 p f ( t ) d t \displaystyle \int_{0}^{\frac{1}{2}p}f(t)dt=\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{p}f(t)dt and 0 1 2 q f ( t ) d t = 1 2 0 q f ( t ) d t . \displaystyle \int_{0}^{\frac{1}{2}q}f(t)dt=\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{q}f(t)dt.

Take a closer look at F ( g ( x ) ) = 1 2 F ( x ) . F(g(x))=\dfrac{1}{2}F(x). Since F ( x ) = 0 x f ( t ) d t , \displaystyle F(x)=\int_{0}^{x}f(t)dt, we can say that 0 g ( x ) f ( t ) d t = 1 2 0 x f ( t ) d t . \displaystyle \int_{0}^{g(x)}f(t)dt=\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{x}f(t)dt.

Note that f ( x ) f(x) is always positive and therefore F ( x ) F(x) is strictly increasing over all reals.

So plugging in x = p x=p in the equation, we see that g ( p ) = 1 2 p . g(p)=\dfrac{1}{2}p.

g ( p ) f ( g ( p ) ) = 1 2 f ( p ) g ( p ) = 1 3 . g '(p)f(g(p))=\dfrac{1}{2}f(p)~\Rightarrow~g '(p)=\dfrac{1}{3}.

Doing the same with q , q, we get g ( q ) = 1. g '(q)=1.

n = 1 30 g ( ( 2 n 1 ) π ) = n = 1 15 { g ( ( 4 n 3 ) π ) + g ( ( 4 n 1 ) π ) } = 15 ( g ( p ) + g ( q ) ) = 20 . \displaystyle \therefore~\sum_{n=1}^{30}g '((2n-1)\pi)=\sum_{n=1}^{15}\{g '((4n-3)\pi)+g '((4n-1)\pi)\}=15(g '(p)+g '(q))=\boxed{20}.

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