Homework 9

1.
(a) Using a geometric argument, show that | sin x| |x| for all x R and
0 x cos x sin x x when 0 x /2.
Hint: Focus your attention to the unit circle in the first quadrant.
(b) Show that | sin x sin y| |x y|. Deduce that sin x is uniformly continuous on R.
(c) Show that cos x is uniformly continuous on R.
Hint: For parts (b), (c) think trigonometric identities.
(d) Compute
lim cos(n) and lim cos(n)
n

Justify your answer.

(e) Show that (sin x)0 = cos x and (cos x)0 = sin x.
2.
(a) Prove the quotient rule using similar techniques presented in the proof of
the product rule.
(b) Let f (x) = xn for integers n < 0. Show that f 0 (x) = nxn1 .
3. Let a > 0 and b < 0 be integers.


 a
x sin xb
f (x) =
0

when x 6= 0
otherwise

(a) Show that f (x) continuous if and only if a > 0.

(b) Show f is differentiable at x = 0 if and only if a > 1.
(c) Is f 0 (x) continuous on R when a > 1? If so, prove it. If not, justify why
not.
4.
(a) Suppose that f 0 (x) = 0 for x (a, b). Show that f (x) must be a constant
for x (a, b).
(b) Suppose that
|f (x) f (y)| |x y|2
for x, y R. Show that f (x) must be a constant on R.

5. Let f : (a, b) (c, d) is a bijection. Suppose that f is increasing and

continuous. In class we showed that f 1 is increasing on (c, d). Show that f 1
is continuous on (c, d).
6. Suppose that f : [0, ) R is continuous and differentiable on (0, ).
Assume that f (0) = 0 and f (x) 0 as x . Show that there exists a
c (0, ) such that f 0 (c) = 0.
7. Use Taylors theorem to prove the binomial theorem
(x + y)n =


n 
X
n
xk y nk
k

k=0