Exercises 1.4 Exercises
2.
Let \(f(x) =
\begin{cases}
-2x & x \ge 0, \\
-3x & x \lt 0,
\end{cases}\) and \(g(x) =
\begin{cases}
3x & x \ge 0, \\
2x & x \lt 0.
\end{cases}\)
For each for the following functions, determine whether it is differentiable at \(x=0\) and if so, compute the derivative at \(x=0\text{.}\)
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\(\displaystyle (f+g)(x)\)
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\(\displaystyle (fg)(x)\)
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\(\displaystyle (f\circ g)(x)\)
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\(\displaystyle (g\circ f)(x)\)
3.
A derivation is an operation \(D\) on functions (more general on anything that we can talk about sum and product) satisfying:-
\(D(f+g) = Df + Dg\text{;}\) and
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\(\displaystyle D(fg) = (Df)g + f(Dg)\)
4.
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Show that \(\ds D=x\frac{d}{dx}\) is a derivation on differentiable functions.
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Show that \(Dc = 0\) for any constant \(c\) and that \(Dx =x\text{.}\)
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Compute \(\ds D \frac{1}{1-x}\text{.}\) Hint: Let \(\ds h=\frac{1}{1-x}\text{.}\) Find \(Dh\) by applying \(D\) to the relation \(1=h(1-x)\text{.}\)
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Compute \(\ds D^2 \frac{1}{1-x}\text{.}\)
5.
Differentiation alters the parity of a function. That is the derivative of an even (odd) function is odd (even).Solution.
Let \(f(x)\) be a differentiable even function. So \(f(-x) =
f(x)\) for all \(x\) in the domain of \(f\text{.}\) Taking derivative on both sides, yields, according to the Chain Rule,
\begin{equation*}
f'(x) =(f(-x))'
= -f'(-x).
\end{equation*}
This shows that \(f'(x)\) is an odd function.
Similarly, if \(f(x)\) is an odd function, then
\begin{equation*}
-f'(x) = (-f(x))' = (f(-x))' = -f'(-x).
\end{equation*}
Thus, \(f'(x) = f'(-x)\) and so \(f'(x)\) is even.