mathematics question

Define the function

(

)

=

{

2

sin

?

(

1

2

)

,

0

,

0

,

=

0.

f(x)=

x

2

sin(

x

2

1

),

0,

x

=0,

x=0.

(a)

Prove that

(

)

f(x) is continuous at

=

0

x=0.

(b)

Determine whether

(

)

f(x) is differentiable at

=

0

x=0. If so, find

(

0

)

f

(0).

(c)

Find an explicit formula for

(

)

f

(x) for

0

x

=0.

(d)

Decide whether

(

)

f

(x) is bounded on any neighborhood of

=

0

x=0.

(e)

Determine whether

(

)

f

(x) is Riemann integrable on

[

1

,

1

]

[1,1].

Complete Solution

(a) Continuity at

=

0

x=0

For

0

x

=0,

?

(

)

?

=

?

2

sin

(

1

/

2

)

?

?

2

?

?f(x)?=?x

2

sin(1/x

2

)??x

2

?

Since:

lim

0

2

=

0

x0

lim

x

2

=0

By the Squeeze Theorem:

lim

0

(

)

=

0

=

(

0

)

x0

lim

f(x)=0=f(0)

f is continuous at

0

0.

(b) Differentiability at

=

0

x=0

Using the definition:

(

0

)

=

lim

0

(

)

(

0

)

=

lim

0

2

sin

(

1

/

2

)

=

lim

0

sin

(

1

/

2

)

f

(0)=

h0

lim

h

f(h)f(0)

=

h0

lim

h

h

2

sin(1/h

2

)

=

h0

lim

hsin(1/h

2

)

Since:

1

sin

(

1

/

2

)

1

?

?

sin

(

1

/

2

)

?

?

1sin(1/h

2

)1?h?hsin(1/h

2

)?h?

Thus:

lim

0

sin

(

1

/

2

)

=

0

h0

lim

hsin(1/h

2

)=0

f is differentiable at

0

0, and

(

0

)

=

0

f

(0)=0.

(c) Formula for

(

)

f

(x) for

0

x

=0

Differentiate:

(

)

=

2

sin

(

1

/

2

)

f(x)=x

2

sin(1/x

2

)

Using product and chain rules:

(

)

=

2

sin

(

1

/

2

)

+

2

cos

(

1

/

2

)

(

2

3

)

f

(x)=2xsin(1/x

2

)+x

2

cos(1/x

2

)(

x

3

2

)

Simplifying:

(

)

=

2

sin

(

1

/

2

)

2

cos

(

1

/

2

)

f

(x)=2xsin(1/x

2

)

x

2

cos(1/x

2

)

(d) Boundedness of

(

)

f

(x) near

0

0

Consider:

(

)

=

2

sin

(

1

/

2

)

2

cos

(

1

/

2

)

f

(x)=2xsin(1/x

2

)

x

2

cos(1/x

2

)

The first term

2

sin

(

1

/

2

)

0

2xsin(1/x

2

)0.

The second term:

?

2

cos

(

1

/

2

)

?

=

2

?

?

x

2

cos(1/x

2

)

=

?x?

2

which diverges to infinity as

0

x0.

(

)

f

(x) is unbounded in every neighborhood of

0

0.

(e) Riemann integrability of

(

)

f

(x) on

[

1

,

1

]

[1,1]

Although

(

)

f

(x) is unbounded near

0

0, it is discontinuous only at a single point

=

0

x=0.

A function that is:

bounded on compact intervals except possibly at finitely many points, and

has a finite number of discontinuities,

is Riemann integrable.

Alternatively, note:

1

1

(

)

=

(

1

)

(

1

)

1

1

f

(x)dx=f(1)f(1)

by the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, since

f is differentiable everywhere and continuous on

[

1

,

1

]

[1,1].

Thus:

(

)

f

(x) is Riemann integrable on

[

1

,

1

]

[1,1].

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