CONTINUITY AND DIFFERENTIABILITY-SUBJECTIVE

( 4 x  1) 3
1. Determine f (0) so that the function defined as f ( x)  becomes
sin( x / 4) log(1  x 2 / 3)
continuous everywhere.

 2 x2  16
 if x  2
2. Find the value of A so that the function f ( x)   4 x  16 is continuous.
A if x  2

cos 2 x  sin 2 x  1
3. Extend the definition of f ( x)  such that f (x ) is continuous at x  0 .
x2 1 1
log(2  x)  x 2 n sin x
4. Discuss the continuity of the function f ( x)  lim at x  1 .
n  1  x 2n
 ex
2

 for x  0
5. Test the continuity of the function f ( x)   e1/ x2 1 .
1 for x  0

x2
6. Check for continuity of f ( x)  1 .
tan ( x  2)
7. If f ( x)  sgn( x) and g ( x)  x(1  x 2 ) , then check for continuity of f ( g ( x)) .
1
8. Find the number of points of discontinuity of f ( f ( f ( x))) if f ( x)  .
1 x
  1 
9. Check for continuity of f ( x)   x    in R  .
  x 
10. If f ( x )  1  x  1 , g ( x )  2  x  1 , check for continuity of f ( g ( x )) and g ( f ( x )) .
11. Check for continuity and differentiability of the following functions:
I. f ( x )  [sin x ], x  [0,2 ] Where [.] denotes the greatest integer function.
II. f ( x)  [tan 1 x] Where [.] denotes the greatest integer function.
III.  
f ( x )  max 4,1  x 2 , x 2  1 , x  R .
IV. f ( x )  max 2 sin x,1  cos x x   0,  
2n
 x 
V. f ( x )  lim  sin  in the interval [0,2].
n 
 2 
12. A function f (x ) satisfies the relationship f ( x  y )  f ( x ). f ( y ) x, y  R . If f (x ) is
continuous at x=1, then show that it is continuous for all x.

x  a if x  0 x  1 if x  0
13. Let f ( x)   and g ( x)   where a and b are nonnegative real numbers.
 x  1 if x  0 (x  1)  b if x  0
2

Determine the composite function g ( f ( x)) . If g ( f ( x)) is continuous for all x determine the

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 values of a and b. Further for these values of a and b, is g ( f ( x)) differentiable at x=0? Justify
your answer.

max f (t) : 0  t  x for 0  x  1

14. Let f ( x)  x  x  x  1 , and
3 2
g ( x)   . Discuss the continuity and

3  x for 1  x  2
differentiability of g (x) in [0, 2].
15. Examine the continuity and differentiability of f ( x)  x  x  1  x  2 x  R .

16. A function f : R  R satisfies the equation f ( x  y )  f ( x ) f ( y ) x, y  R and f ( x )  0 . If

the function is differentiable at x = 0 and f ' (0)  2 . Show that f ' ( x)  2 f ( x) x  R hence
determine f (x ) .
 sin x (18x 2  9x   2 ) 
 for x 
  6 x(3x   ) 3
17. Find the derivative at x  , of f ( x)   .
3
 3 
 4 for x 
3
18. Find the left hand derivative of the function f  x    x  sin   x  at any point x  k k  I .
19. The function f is defined by y  f (x ) where x  2t  t , y  t  t t t  R . Draw the graph
2

of f for the interval  1  x  1 . Also discuss its continuity and differentiability at x = 0.

 x  y  f ( x)  f ( y )
20. If f   x, y  R , f(0)=1 and f ' (0)  1 , show that
 2  2
n(n  1)(2n  1)
[ f (0)]2  [ f (1)]2  [ f (2)]2  ........  [ f (n)]2  1  .
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  1  1 
  x x, x  0
21. Let f ( x)   xe . Test whether f (x) is continuous and differentiable at x = 0.
0 x0


g ( x) for x  0
 1/ x
f (x ) be defined by f ( x)  
22. Let g(x) be a polynomial of degree two and let  1 x  . Find the
  for x  0
 2  x 
continuous function f (x) satisfying f ' (1)  f (1) and f ( 2)  0 .

23. Let f (x ) be a real valued function not identically zero, such that
f ( x  y )  f ( x)   f ( y ) x, y  R ; where n is an odd natural number greater than 1 and
n n

f ' (0)  0 . Find out the value of f (x ) .

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 1  x x 1

24. Check for continuity and differentiability of the function f ( x)  (1  x)(2  x) 1  x  2 .
3  x x2

 x  y  f ( x)  2 f ( y)
25. If f   x, y  R , and f ' (0)  1 , then prove that f (x ) is continuous for all
 3  3
real values of x.
 x  y  f ( x )  f ( y )  f ( 0)
26. If f   x, y  R and f (x ) is differentiable at x = 0, then prove that
 3  3
f (x ) is differentiable for all x  R .

 x y  f ( x)
27. If f ( x)  f ( y )  f   x, y  R ( xy  1) and lim  2 . Find out f (x) .
 1  xy  x 0 x

min f (t ) : x  t  x  1,  1  x  1
 24 and g ( x) 
28. Let f ( x)  x  8 x  22 x
4 3 2
 . Check for continuity

x  10 x 1
and differentiability of g ( x) in [1,  ) .
 1
29. f ( x)   x   [ x] . Draw the graph of f (x ) and test for continuity and differentiability in
 2
the interval  2  x  2 .

x
 5  1  t  dt x  2
30. Let f ( x)  0 . Test for continuity and differentiability of f (x ) .

5x  1 x2

1  4x 2 0  x  1
f ( x)  
 
31. Let , where [.] denotes the greatest integer function of x. Check for
 x  2x 1  x  2
2

continuity and differentiability of f (x ) in the interval [0,2].

32. If f (x ) is a real valued function satisfying the equation
f ( x) f ( y )  f ( x)  f ( y )  f ( xy )  2 x, y  R   0 and f (0)  1, f ' (1)  2 , then find f (x ) .

33. Let f :R  R be a continuous and differentiable function such that f ' (0)  1 and
f ( x  2 y )  f ( x)  f (2 y )  e x  2 y ( x  2 y )  xe x  2 y e 2 y  4 xy, x, y  R . Find f (x ) .

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 max f (t) : x  1  t  x  2 for  3  x  0
34. Let f ( x)  x  3x  6
3 2
and g ( x)   . Test for continuity and

1  x for x  0
differentiability of f (x ) in the interval [-3,1].

35. If f
 x  y  a  (n  b) f ( x)  (b  1) f ( y )
n

n
x, y  R & a, b  R  , n  N  and f ' ( 0)  2 ,
 
then find f (3) & f ' ( 4) .

 1  x  x  x 
 lim  1  cos x   1  cos  1  cos .... 1  cos n 1 
, x0
36. If f  x   n  2 n  2  4  2  . Discuss the continuity of

1 , x0

f (x ) at x = 0.

 x1  x 2  ....  x n  f  x1   f  x 2   ...  f  x n 
37. Let f   , where x1 , x 2 ,...., x n are any real numbers
 n  n
and n is any positive integer. If f  0   a & f  0  b, find f  k   x  .

 cos ec x 
 sin x  cos x  ,  x  0
 2
38. Let f  x   a, x0 . Determine ‘a’and ‘b’such that f is continuous at x 0.
 1/ x 2 / x 3 / x
e  e  e , 0  x  
 ae 2 / x  be 3 / x 2
39. If f(x) is a polynomial functions of degree 10 with positive coefficients such that
f  x   f  y   f  x . f  y   f  xy   2,  x, y  R, then find f  3 .
40. If f(x) is continuous function satisfying the condition f(x) = f( ax + b) x  R a  1 , then
prove that f(x) is a constant function.
41. Prove that f(x)= [ tan x] + tan x   tan x  ( where [] denotes the greatest integer function is
  
continuous in 0, 2  .

42. Let f  x  
1
0
x  t t dt. Then find f(x) and check for continuity and differentiability of f(x).

43. Let a function f (x) satisfy the functional equation

f ( xy )  e xy  x  y
e f ( x)  e f ( y) x, y  R . If f ' 1  e , determine f (x) .
y x

44. Let f  x  , x  0 , be a non-negative continuous function, and let F  x    f  t  dt , x  0 . If for some

0
c  0 , f  x   cF  x   x  0 , then show that f  x   0  x  0 .

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