Real analysis, exercises.

Solved in the class:

1. (IMC 2009, day 1)

f, g : R → R are such that f (r) ≤ g(r) for all r ∈ Q. Is it true that f (x) ≤ g(x) for all x ∈ R if
(a) f, g are nondecreasing,
(b) f, g are continuous?

2. (IMC 2007, day 2)

C ⊂ R is nonempty, closed and bounded, and f : C → C is continuous and nondecreasing. Show
that there exists p ∈ C such that f (p) = p.

3.(IMC 2015, day 2)

Compute ˆ A
1
lim A1/x dx.
A→∞ A 1
4. (IMC 2010, day 1)
Let 0 < a < b. Show that ˆ b
2 2 2
(x2 + 1)e−x dx ≥ e−a − e−b .
a

For self-study:

5.

Show that if f is twice dierentiable on R with f (0) = 0 then there exists ξ ∈ (−π/2, π/2) such
that
f 00 (ξ) = f (ξ) 1 + 2 tan2 (ξ) .

Hint: use the mean value theorem twice, to g(x) := f (x) cos x and then to h(x) := g 0 (x)/ cos2 x.

6.

Let f ∈ R → (0, ∞) be continuously dierentiable. Prove that there exists ξ ∈ (0, 1) such that
0
ef (ξ)
f (0)f (ξ) = f (1)f (ξ) .

7.

Let all C 1 functions f : [0, 1] → (0, ∞) such that

ˆ 1 ˆ 1
f (1) dx
=e and +
2
(f 0 (x)) dx ≤ 2.
f (0) 0 f (x)2 0
2 2 2
Hint: (x + 1/x) = x + 1/x + 2.
8.

Does there exist an injective function f : R → R such that

1
f (x2 ) − f (x)2 ≥ ?
4
Hint: when x2 = x?

Wojciech Ozanski, Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.

E-mail address : W.S.Ozanski@warwick.ac.uk