What's the period?

Calculus Level pending

Suppose a function f : R R f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} has the satisfies f ( x + a ) = 1 2 + f ( x ) ( f ( x ) ) 2 f(x+a) = \frac{1}{2} + \sqrt{ f(x) - (f(x))^2 } for all x . x.

If the period of f ( x ) f(x) is n × a n \times a , then find n . n.


The answer is 2.

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1 solution

Vibhor Bhagat
May 12, 2014

f ( x + a ) = 1 2 + f ( x ) ( f ( x ) ) 2 r e p l a c i n g x w i t h x + a f ( x + 2 a ) = 1 2 + f ( x + a ) f ( x + a ) 2 = 1 2 + 1 4 ( f ( x + a ) 1 2 ) 2 p u t t i n g v a l u e o f f ( x + a ) 1 2 f r o m e q u a t i o n 1 = 1 2 + 1 4 f ( x ) + ( f ( x ) ) 2 = 1 2 + f ( x ) 1 2 ) 2 = 1 2 + f ( x ) 1 2 s i n c e f ( x ) i s a l w a y s g r e a t e r t h a n 1 / 2 ( r e p l a c e x + a w i t h x i n e q u a t i o n 1 ) f ( x + 2 a ) = f ( x ) P e r i o d = 2 a n = 2 f(x+a)\quad =\quad \frac { 1 }{ 2 } +\sqrt { f(x)-{ (f(x)) }^{ 2 } } \\ replacing\quad x\quad with\quad x+a\\ f(x+2a)=\quad \frac { 1 }{ 2 } +\sqrt { f(x+a)\quad -\quad { f(x+a) }^{ 2 } } \\ \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad =\quad \frac { 1 }{ 2 } +\sqrt { \frac { 1 }{ 4 } -\quad ({ f(x+a)\quad -\frac { 1 }{ 2 } ) }^{ 2 } } \\ putting\quad value\quad of\quad f(x+a)\quad -\quad \frac { 1 }{ 2 } \quad from\quad equation\quad 1\\ \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad =\quad \frac { 1 }{ 2 } +\quad \sqrt { \frac { 1 }{ 4 } -f(x)+{ (f(x)) }^{ 2 } } \\ \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad =\quad \frac { 1 }{ 2 } +\quad \sqrt { { f(x)-\frac { 1 }{ 2 } ) }^{ 2 } } \\ \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad =\quad \frac { 1 }{ 2 } +\quad \left| f(x)-\frac { 1 }{ 2 } \right| \\ since\quad f(x)\quad is\quad always\quad greater\quad than\quad 1/2\quad (replace\quad x+a\quad with\quad x\quad in\quad equation\quad 1)\\ f(x+2a)\quad =\quad f(x)\\ Period\quad =\quad 2a\\ n=2

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