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JEE Advanced 2011 · Continuity and Differentiability

Let f:R→Rf: R \rightarrow R be a function such that f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y), ∀\forall x,y∈Rx, y \in R. If f(x)f(x) is differentiable at x=0x=0, then

Answers: B. f(x)f(x) is continuous ∀\forall x∈Rx \in R · C. f′(x)f'(x) is constant ∀\forall x∈Rx \in R

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Let f: R → R be a function such that f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y), ∀ x, y ∈ R. If f(x) is differentiable at x=0, then f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)∀ x,y∈Rf(x+y) = f(x) + f(y) \quad \forall\, x, y \in \mathbb{R} f is differentiable at x=0f \text{ is differentiable at } x = 0 Which of (1), (2), (3), (4) are TRUE?\text{Which of (1), (2), (3), (4) are TRUE?} 1. f(0)=0, f(−x)=−f(x)1.\ f(0) = 0, \ f(-x) = -f(x) 2. c:=f′(0)=lim⁡h→0f(h)h,then f′(x)=c ∀x2.\ c := f'(0) = \lim_{h \to 0} \dfrac{f(h)}{h}, \quad \text{then } f'(x) = c \ \forall x 3. judge (1)-(4)3.\ \text{judge (1)-(4)} x=y=0:f(0)=2f(0)⇒f(0)=0x = y = 0: \quad f(0) = 2f(0) \Rightarrow f(0) = 0 y=−x:0=f(x)+f(−x)⇒f(−x)=−f(x) (odd)y = -x: \quad 0 = f(x) + f(-x) \Rightarrow f(-x) = -f(x) \ (\text{odd}) c:=f′(0)=lim⁡h→0f(0+h)−f(0)h=lim⁡h→0f(h)hc := f'(0) = \lim_{h \to 0} \dfrac{f(0+h)-f(0)}{h} = \lim_{h \to 0} \dfrac{f(h)}{h} f(x+h)−f(x)h=f(x)+f(h)−f(x)h=f(h)h→c (h→0)\dfrac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h} = \dfrac{f(x)+f(h)-f(x)}{h} = \dfrac{f(h)}{h} \to c \ (h \to 0) ⇒f′(x)=cfor every x∈R\Rightarrow f'(x) = c \quad \text{for every } x \in \mathbb{R} f(x)=c x(a straight line through the origin)f(x) = c\,x \quad (\text{a straight line through the origin}) (1) FALSE:f is differentiable on all of R(1)\ \text{FALSE}: f \text{ is differentiable on all of } \mathbb{R} (2) TRUE (diff.⇒cont.),(3) TRUE (f′(x)=c)(2)\ \text{TRUE (diff.} \Rightarrow \text{cont.)}, \quad (3)\ \text{TRUE } (f'(x)=c) (4) FALSE: no exceptional point(4)\ \text{FALSE}: \text{ no exceptional point} TRUE: statements (2) and (3)\boxed{\text{TRUE: statements } (2) \text{ and } (3)}

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