Practicing Success
The left-hand derivative of $f(x)=[x] \sin \pi x$ at $x=k$, $k$ being an integer, is |
$(-1)^k(k-1) \pi$ $(-1)^{k-1}(k-1) \pi$ $(-1)^k k \pi$ $(-1)^{k-1} k \pi$ |
$(-1)^k(k-1) \pi$ |
We have, $f(x)=[x] \sin \pi x$ ∴ (LHD at x = k) = $\lim\limits_{x \rightarrow k^{-}} \frac{f(x)-f(k)}{x-k}$ ⇒ (LHD at x = k) = $\lim\limits_{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{f(k-h)-f(k)}{-h}$ ⇒ (LHD at x = k) = $\lim\limits_{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{[k-h] \sin (\pi k-\pi h)-[k] \sin \pi k}{-h}$ ⇒ (LHD at x = k) = $\lim\limits_{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{(-1)^{k-1}[k-h] \sin \pi h-0}{-h}$ ⇒ (LHD at x = k) = $\lim\limits_{h \rightarrow 0}(-1)^k[k-h] \frac{\sin \pi h}{h}$ ⇒ (LHD at x = k) = $(-1)^k(k-1) \lim\limits_{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{\sin \pi h}{h}=(-1)^k(k-1) \pi$ |