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f'(0) = ? for an even function f that is differentiable at 0

Since f is differentiable at 0 we have,

$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{f(0 + h) – f(0)}}{h} = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{f(0 – h) – f(0)}}{{ – h}}$

$ \Rightarrow \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{f(h) – f(0)}}{h} = – \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{f( – h) – f(0)}}{h}$

Since f is an even function, f(-h) = f(h) Continue reading f'(0) = ? for an even function f that is differentiable at 0

Let $I = \int\limits_0^{\pi /2} {\frac{{dx}}{{1 + {{\tan }^{\sqrt {\tan \alpha } }}x}}}$

$\frac{{dI}}{{d\alpha }} = ?$

We have, $I = \int\limits_0^{\pi /2} {\frac{{dx}}{{1 + {{\tan }^{\sqrt {\tan \alpha } }}(\pi /2 – x)}}} $

$ \Rightarrow I = \int\limits_0^{\pi /2} {\frac{{dx}}{{1 + {{\cot }^{\sqrt {\tan \alpha } }}x}}} = \int\limits_0^{\pi /2} {\frac{{{{\sin }^{\sqrt {\tan \alpha } }}x.dx}}{{{{\sin }^{\sqrt {\tan \alpha } }}x + {{\cos }^{\sqrt {\tan \alpha } }}x}}} $ ……..(A)

Also, $I = \int\limits_0^{\pi /2} {\frac{{dx}}{{1 + {{\tan }^{\sqrt {\tan \alpha } }}x}} = } \int\limits_0^{\pi /2} {\frac{{{{\cos }^{\sqrt {\tan \alpha } }}x.dx}}{{{{\cos }^{\sqrt {\tan \alpha } }}x + {{\sin }^{\sqrt {\tan \alpha } }}x}}}$ ……..(B)

(A) + (B) gives, $2I = \int\limits_0^{\pi /2} {dx} = \frac{\pi }{2}$

$ \Rightarrow I = \frac{\pi }{4}$

$\therefore \frac{{dI}}{{d\alpha }} = 0$

Differentiation Quiz

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