Let be an infinitely differentiable function with and satisfying
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Let's define a function g ( x ) . ∫ 1 x f ( t ) d t = g ( x ) So the given equation becomes:- g ( x y ) = y g ( x ) + x g ( y ) Put y = 2 . g ( 2 x ) = 2 g ( x ) + x g ( 2 ) Differentiate the above equation. 2 g ′ ( 2 x ) = 2 g ′ ( x ) + g ( 2 ) … ( 1 ) From the definition of g ( x ) and Newton-Leibniz rule, we have:- g ′ ( x ) = f ( x ) From (1):- 2 f ( 2 x ) = 2 f ( x ) + g ( 2 ) f ( 2 x ) = f ( x ) + 2 g ( 2 ) … ( 2 ) Put x = 2 0 , 2 1 , 2 2 … 2 n − 1 in equation ( 2 ) and add all the equations. We will get:- f ( 2 n ) = f ( 1 ) + 2 n g ( 2 ) . Make the following substitution:- 2 n = x n ln 2 = ln x n = ln 2 ln x Hence our equation becomes:- f ( x ) = f ( 1 ) + 2 ln 2 g ( 2 ) ln x … ( 3 ) From the definition of g ( x ) , we can write:- ∫ 1 2 f ( t ) d t = g ( 2 ) ∫ 1 2 ( f ( 1 ) + 2 ln 2 g ( 2 ) ln t ) d t = g ( 2 ) Solving above integral and then solving for g ( 2 ) we have:- g ( 2 ) = 2 ln 2 f ( 1 ) From equation ( 3 ) :- f ( x ) = f ( 1 ) + ln x f ( 1 ) f ( x ) = f ( 1 ) ( 1 + ln x ) Put x = e . f ( e ) = 2 f ( 1 )