Let be a continuous function, whose first and second derivatives are continuous on and for all in . Then the minimum value of the below expression is
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Using integration by parts twice, ∫ 0 2 π f ( x ) cos x d x = [ f ( x ) sin x ] 0 2 π − ∫ 0 2 π f ′ ( x ) sin x d x = 0 + [ f ′ ( x ) cos x ] 0 2 π − ∫ 0 2 π f ′ ′ ( x ) cos x d x = f ′ ( 2 π ) − f ′ ( 0 ) − ∫ 0 2 π f ′ ′ ( x ) cos x d x Now, notice that we can write f ′ ( 2 π ) − f ′ ( 0 ) as an integral of f ′ ′ ( x ) , so the expression becomes ∫ 0 2 π f ′ ′ ( x ) d x − ∫ 0 2 π f ′ ′ ( x ) cos x d x = ∫ 0 2 π f ′ ′ ( x ) ( 1 − cos x ) d x ( 1 − cos x ) ≥ 0 and f ′ ′ ( x ) ≥ 0 for all x ∈ [ 0 , 2 π ] , so the minimum value of the integral is 0 , which is attained when f ′ ′ ( x ) = 0 .