University of Leipzig – WS18/19

10-PHY-BIPMA1 – Mathematics 1 / Vitalii Konarovskyi

Problem sheet 9
Tutorials by Dr. Michael Schnurr <michael.schnurr@mis.mpg.de> and Ikhwan Khalid <ikhwankhalid92@gmail.com>.
Solutions will be collected during the lecture on Wednesday January 9.

1. [1x3 points] Find points of local extrema of the following functions:

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a) f (x) = x2 ex , x ∈ R; b) f (x) = x + x1 , x > 0; c) f (x) = |x|e−x , x ∈ R.

2. [1x3 points] Identify intervals on which the following functions are convex or concave:
a) f (x) = x1 , x > 0; b) f (x) = arctan x, x ∈ R.
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3. [3 points](Young’s inequality) Let p > 1, q > 1 and p + q = 1.
xp yq
Prove that xy ≤ p + q for all x, y ∈ (0, +∞).
(Hint: Consider the function f (x) = − ln x, x > 0, and use its convexity on (0, +∞))

4. [2x9 points] Compute the following indefinite √

integrals:
R dx R (2x+1)dx R tan x
, x ∈ R; c) cos2 x dx, x ∈ 0, π2 ;


a) x ln x , x > 0; b) 3 √
2
R dx π π

1+x+x
R 2 3
R dx
d) cos , x ∈ − 2 2 ; e)R cos x sin xdx, x ∈R R; f)
, x2 +x+1
, x ∈ R;
R 2x 2 2x
g) x sin xdx, x ∈ R; h) (ln x) dx, x > 0; i) e cos xdx, x ∈ R.