Practicing Success
Let $f(x)$ be an odd continuous function which is periodic with period 2. If $g(x)=\int\limits_0^x f(t) d t$, then |
$g(x)$ is an odd function $g(n)=0$ for all $n \in N$ $g(2 n)=0$ for all $n \in N$ $g(x)$ is non periodic |
$g(2 n)=0$ for all $n \in N$ |
It is given that $f(x)$ is an odd function. Therefore, $g(x)=\int\limits_0^x f(t) d t$ is an even function. $\Rightarrow g(x+2)=\int\limits_0^{x+2} f(t) d t$ $\Rightarrow g(x+2)=\int\limits_0^2 f(t) d t+\int\limits_2^{x+2} f(t) d t$ $\Rightarrow g(x+2)=g(2)+\int\limits_0^x f(t) d t$ [∵ f(x) is periodic with period 2] $\Rightarrow g(x+2)=g(2)+g(x)$ for all $x$ ......(i) Now, $g(x+2)=g(2)+g(x)$ $\Rightarrow g(1)=g(2)+g(-1)$ [Replacing x by -1] $\Rightarrow g(2)=g(1)-g(-1)$ $\Rightarrow g(2)=\int\limits_0^1 f(t) d t-\int\limits_0^{-1} f(t) d t$ $\Rightarrow g(2)=\int\limits_0^1 f(t) d t+\int\limits_{-1}^0 f(t) d t$ $\Rightarrow g(2)=\int\limits_{-1}^1 f(t) d t$ $\Rightarrow g(2)=0$ [∵ f is an odd function] Putting g(2) = 0 in (i), we get $g(x+2)=g(x)$ for all x $\Rightarrow g(x)$ is periodic with period 2 units Also, $g(x+2)=g(x)$ for all x $\Rightarrow g(2)=g(4)=g(6)=...=g(2 n)$ $\Rightarrow g(2 n)=0$ for all $n \in N$ |