Get ready Part 27

Calculus Level 2

Let f f be a twice-differentiable real-valued function satisfying f ( x ) + f ( x ) = x g ( x ) f ( x ) f(x)+f''(x)=-xg(x)f'(x) , where g ( x ) 0 g(x) \ge 0 for all real x x . Is f ( x ) |f(x)| bounded?

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1 solution

Abhishek Sinha
May 11, 2019

Consider the function ψ ( x ) = f 2 ( x ) + f 2 ( x ) . \psi(x)= f^2(x)+f'^2(x) . Differentiating both sides, we get ψ ( x ) = 2 f ( x ) ( f ( x ) + f ( x ) ) = 2 x g ( x ) f ( x ) 2 , \psi'(x)= 2f'(x)\big(f(x)+f''(x)\big)=-2xg(x)f'(x)^2, where, in the last step, we have used the given condition. Hence, we see that ψ ( 0 ) = 0 , \psi'(0)=0, and since g ( x ) 0 g(x) \geq 0 , we find that the function ψ ( x ) \psi(x) attends its (finite) maximum value ψ ( 0 ) = C \psi(0)=C (say) at x = 0 x=0 . Hence ψ ( x ) C , x \psi(x) \leq C, \forall x . Thus, 0 f ( x ) C , x R . 0\leq |f(x)| \leq \sqrt{C}, \forall x \in \mathbb{R}. Hence, f ( x ) |f(x)| is bounded.

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