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Differentiating the above functional equation with respect to x yields f ′ ′ ( x ) = f ′ ( x ) since the last integration term is a real constant. We ultimately end up with the general solution f ( x ) = A + B e x , which after substituting back into the functional equation produces:
B e x = ( A + B e x ) + ∫ 0 2 A + B e x d x ⇒ 0 = A + ( A x + B e x ) ∣ 0 2 ⇒ 0 = 3 A + B ( e 2 − 1 ) ⇒ A = ( 3 1 − e 2 ) B .
Taking our given boundary condition, f ( 0 ) = 3 4 − e 2 , we now obtain:
f ( 0 ) = A + B e 0 = ( 3 1 − e 2 ) B + B = 3 4 − e 2 ;
which yields: A = 3 1 − e 2 , B = 1 , or f ( x ) = e x + 3 1 − e 2 . Finally, ∫ 0 1 f ( x ) d x = ∫ 0 1 e x + 3 1 − e 2 d x = e x + ( 3 1 − e 2 ) x ∣ 0 1 = ( e − 1 ) + 3 1 − e 2 .