For a smooth function f , if x f ( x ) = ∫ ( x + 1 ) f ( x ) d x find f ( 2 ) to three decimal places if f ( 0 ) = 1 .
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What about integration constant ?
Good point. I'll state that we should ignore it.
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It's not a conventional way to ignore constant in such a way.Give some known functional values such as f ( 0 ) = 1 .
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I added an initial value in the problem.
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@Akeel Howell – Now its fine
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@Kushal Bose – Yes you are correct, It is not correct to Just Make a statement that "Constant of Integration Doesnt Exist" Yes Akeel , You are correct but what you are trying to say is
Take c = 0
Isnt It?
And @Akeel Howell , Check out this problem on your problem #25 Measure Your Calibre
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@Md Zuhair – Yeah that's exactly what I was trying to say.
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@Akeel Howell – Yeah, I could Understand, And yes, Change your Solution where you find out c = 0
@Md Zuhair – Nice problem! It really demonstrates how careful we should be when dealing with complex numbers.
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@Akeel Howell – Thanks. Actually I faced this problem while I was doin it. Later on I got cos ix = coshx. So I thought of sharing the problem such that no one other does the same misconceptional mistake
@Kushal Bose – I've actually found that the constant of integration can be nothing but 0 here because f ( x ) = f ′ ( x ) . This wouldn't hold if the constant of integration was not 0 . Any thoughts?
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@Akeel Howell – If f ( x ) = c e x then also f ( x ) = f ′ ( x )
You should mention that f is a differentiable function in the problem.
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x f ( x ) = ∫ f ( x ) ( x + 1 ) d x ⟹ d x d [ x f ( x ) ] = d x d [ ∫ x f ( x ) + f ( x ) d x ] d x d [ x f ( x ) ] = x f ( x ) + f ( x ) ⟹ f ( x ) + x f ′ ( x ) = x f ( x ) + f ( x ) ∴ f ( x ) = f ′ ( x ) ⟹ f ( x ) = a e x
We have that f ( 0 ) = 1 and therefore a = 1 so e 0 is indeed 1 .
Thus , f ( 2 ) = e 2 ≈ 7 . 3 8 9
The constant of integration can be nothing but 0 here because f ( x ) = f ′ ( x ) and this wouldn't hold if f ( x ) = e x + C for C = 0 .