Not simultaneously even & odd function.

Calculus Level 4

f ( x + y 2 n + 1 ) = f ( x ) + f ( y ) 2 n + 1 and n N f(x+y^{2n+1})=f(x)+f(y)^{2n+1} \ \text{and} \ n \in \mathbb{N}

Let f ( x ) f(x) be a real function not identically zero satisfying the above condition for any real numbers x , y x,y . And provided with f ( 0 ) 0 f'(0) \geq 0 . Then find the value of f ( 10 ) f'(10) .


The answer is 1.

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3 solutions

Prakhar Gupta
Apr 1, 2015

JEE style.

We can easily observe that f ( x ) = x f(x) =x satisfies all given conditions.

Hehe yes. I also did the same xD

Abhimanyu Gulia - 5 years, 11 months ago

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Jee Mains style :p

Abhimanyu Gulia - 5 years, 11 months ago

i too did the same xD!

Prakhar Bindal - 4 years, 5 months ago

EXACTLY....lollllll XD😉😉😂😂.!!!!UPVOTED!!!!

rajdeep brahma - 3 years, 2 months ago
Yong See Foo
Apr 3, 2015

Firstly I feel that this does not look like a calculus question at all, but more of a functional equation problem. Just observing f ( x ) f(x) is not sufficient to solve this problem, but to prove it.

Disclaimer: The problems states the derivative exists at x = 0 x=0 and asks for f ( 10 ) f'(10) . So I assume f f is continuous (which I think should be added to the question in some subtle way like f ( x ) 0 f'(x)\ge 0 ).

Let y = 0 y=0 , then f ( x ) = f ( x ) + f ( 0 ) 2 n + 1 f ( 0 ) = 0 f(x)=f(x)+f(0)^{2n+1} \iff f(0)=0 . Let x = 0 x=0 , f ( y 2 n + 1 ) = f ( y ) 2 n + 1 f(y^{2n+1})=f(y)^{2n+1} . Hence substituting that into the original equation and let y 2 n + 1 = z y^{2n+1}=z , and note that z z covers all reals. Hence we get the Cauchy equation f ( x + z ) = f ( x ) + f ( z ) f(x+z)=f(x)+f(z) . Note that this and f ( y 2 n + 1 ) = f ( y ) 2 n + 1 f(y^{2n+1})=f(y)^{2n+1} can imply the original equation, so the original equation is equivalent to these two equations. So we know the solution to Cauchy equation is f ( x ) = a x , a R f(x)=ax, a\in \mathbb{R} , since f f is not zero, hence a a is nonzero. Now for any y y , a y 2 n + 1 = f ( y 2 n + 1 ) = f ( y ) 2 n + 1 = ( a y ) 2 n + 1 ay^{2n+1}=f(y^{2n+1})=f(y)^{2n+1}=(ay)^{2n+1} which forces a = 1 a=1 as f ( 0 ) 0 f'(0)\ge 0 which is the only application of calculus here. Hence f ( 10 ) = 1 f'(10)=1 .

Note that if we did not use the assumption that f f is continuous, I couldn't see how to make more progress.

This probably doesn't work without continuity. It seems reasonable for it to be possible to choose a set of irrationals so that every real number can be written ("uniquely" in some sense) as a finite expression using multiplication, addition, exponentiation with strictly rational powers, the chosen set of irrationals, and rational numbers. Then setting f(x)=1 for each x in the set, and working backwards would result in a well-defined function.

Eilon Lavi - 6 years, 1 month ago

Awesome solution

Muhammad Adnan - 2 years, 7 months ago
Rishabh Singhal
Aug 4, 2016

As it given that f(x) is differentiable .. we can take partial differential wrt x anf clearly sees that f'(x)=constant .. the solution to functional equation is a line... and satisfying conditions f'(x)=1

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