A function is differentiated 2015 times to get .
True or False
If for all values of , then has to be a polynomial.
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Let f ( n ) ( x ) denote the n th derivative of f ( x ) with respect to x .
We are given that g ( x ) = f ( 2 0 1 5 ) ( x ) = 0 for all x . After integrating it once, we get f ( 2 0 1 4 ) ( x ) = c 1 , where c 1 is the constant of integration.
Integrating it again, we get f ( 2 0 1 3 ) ( x ) = c 1 x + c 2 , where c 2 is the constant of integration. After integrating it a total of 2 0 1 5 times, we get
f ( x ) = c 1 x 2 0 1 4 + c 2 x 2 0 1 3 + c 3 x 2 0 1 2 + ⋯ + c 2 0 1 4 x + c 2 0 1 5
Here, c i 's can be any real numbers. However, note that f ( x ) is always a polynomial. Therefore the statement "If g ( x ) = 0 for all values of x , then f ( x ) has to be a polynomial." is True . □