Wow! My first Function Problem

Calculus Level 4

f ( x + y 3 ) = f ( x ) + f ( y ) 2 \large f\left(\dfrac{x+y}{3}\right)=\dfrac{f(x)+f(y)}{2}
If a real function f f satisfies the equation above for all real x , y x,y , then compute the value of f ( 2 x 9 ) d x \displaystyle\int f(2x^9)\;dx

If the answer is of the form c M x L N \dfrac{ c^{M}x^{L}}{N} , find 1000 M + 29 N + 8 L \lfloor 1000M+29N+8L\rfloor

Take c c as a constant.


The answer is 1037.

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1 solution

Tom Engelsman
Sep 6, 2017

Assuming f ( x ) f(x) is differentiable over x , y R x,y \in \mathbb{R} , let us differentiate this functional equation with respect to x and y:

1 3 f ( x + y 3 ) = f ( x ) 2 = f ( y ) 2 f ( x ) = f ( y ) = A f ( x ) = A x + B \frac{1}{3} \cdot f'(\frac{x+y}{3}) = \frac{f'(x)}{2} = \frac{f'(y)}{2} \Rightarrow f'(x) = f'(y) = A \Rightarrow f(x) = Ax + B (i).

Substituting (i) back into the original functional equation results in:

A ( x + y 3 ) + B = 1 2 [ A x + B + A y + B ] ( A 3 ) ( x + y ) = ( A 2 ) ( x + y ) A = 0 A(\frac{x+y}{3}) + B = \frac{1}{2} \cdot [Ax + B + Ay + B] \Rightarrow (\frac{A}{3})(x+y) = (\frac{A}{2})(x+y) \Rightarrow A = 0

Hence, our required function must be constant: f ( x ) = B , B R . f(x) = B, B \in \mathbb{R}. The final integration produces f ( 2 x 9 ) d x = B d x = B x \int f(2x^{9}) dx = \int B dx = Bx with L = M = N = 1 L = M = N = 1 and 1000 M + 29 N + 8 L \lfloor{1000M + 29N + 8L}\rfloor = 1037 . \boxed{1037}.

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