PERIODICITY OF A FUNCTION

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1. Function f(x) = 4 sin  3x   is periodic or not. If it is periodic, then find its period.
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x
2. Function f(x) = cot is periodic or not. If it is periodic, then find its period.
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3. Function f(x) = sin x2 is periodic or not. If it is periodic, then find its period.

4. Find the period of cos(cos x) + cos(sin x).

x x
5. Function f(x) = sin  sin is periodic or not. If it is periodic, then find its period.
3 4
1  | sin x | sin x 
6. The period of the function f(x) =    is
2  cos x | cos x | 
(A)  (B) 2 
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(C) (D) none of these
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7. Discuss whether the function f(x) = sin (cosx + x) is perodic or not , if yes then what is its period.

8. The function f(x) = cos x is

(A) periodic with period 2  (B) periodic with period 2
(C) periodic with period 4 2 (D) not a periodic function

sin x  sin 7 x
9. Find the period of .
cos x  cos 7 x

10. If f is a function satisfying f(x – 1) + f(x + 1) = 2 f(x), prove that f(x) is periodic.

11. Find the period of the following functions :

(a) f(x) = sin(x + sin x) (b) f(x) = sin (cos x ) + cos (sin x)

3 2
(c) f(x) = sin4 x + cos4 x (d) f(x) = cos x  sin x
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x x x x x
(e) f(x) = sin x  tan  sin 2  tan 3  ..........  sin n 1  tan n
2 2 2 2 2

12. Prove that the following function are not periodic :

(a) f(x) = x + x sin x (b) f(x) = cos x2

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13. Let f(x) = 2 | cos x |  2 | sin x | 3 . If is the fundamental period of f(x), find  .
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14. Prove that if the graph of the function, y = f(x), defined throughout the number scale, is
symmetrical about two lines x = a and x = b,(a < b), then the function is a periodic one.
or
If f(a - x) = f(a + x) and f(b - x) = f(b + x) for all real x, where a, b (a < b) are constants,
then prove that f(x) is a periodic function.

15. (a) Find out the integral values of n if 3 is a period of the function :
f(x) = cos nx . sin (5/n)x.
sin nx
(b) Find the value of n  I for which the function f(x) = has 4 as its
sin( x / n )
period.

16. Let ‘f ’ be a real valued function defined for all real numbers x such that the equation
f ( x  1)  f ( x  1)  3 f ( x ) holds for all x. Prove that the function f is periodic.

17. Let ‘f’ be a real valued function defined for all real numbers x such that for some positive
1
 f ( x )  f x  holds for all x. Prove that the
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constant ‘a’ the equation f ( x  a ) 
2
function f is periodic.

ANSWERS

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1. Yes, fundamental period = 2. Yes, period = 2 3. non periodic
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4. /2 5. Yes, period = 24 6. B

7. Yes, 2 8. D 9. 

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11. (a) 2  (b) 2  (c) (d) 70 (e) 2 n  13. 2
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15. (a) 3, 15 (b)  2