A function is differentiated 2015 times to get .
True or False
If for all values of , then has finitely many solutions.
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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 ) = 2 0 1 5 for all x . After integrating 2 0 1 5 times, we get
f ( x ) = 2 0 1 5 ! 2 0 1 5 x 2 0 1 5 + c 1 x 2 0 1 4 + c 2 x 2 0 1 3 + ⋯ + c 2 0 1 4 x + c 2 0 1 5
Here, c i 's can be any real numbers. Since f ( x ) is a polynomial of degree 2 0 1 5 , f ( x ) = 0 can have at most 2 0 1 5 real solutions. This means f ( x ) = 0 has finitely many solutions, therefore the statement in the problem is True . □