Functions

1. Let
: f
R

R be defined by
1 1 ) ( + x x x f
.
(a) Sketch the graph of
) (x f y
.
(b) Is
f
a surjective function? Explain your answer.
(c) Let
: g
R

R be defined by
1 ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) ( + + x f x f x g
.
(i) Prove that g is an even function.
(ii) Sketch the graph of
) (x g y
. (07-3) (7 marks)
2. let
: f
R

R be defined by

'

. 2
, 1
) (
number even an not is x when
number even an is x when
x f
(a) (i) sketch the graph of
) (x f y
for 4 4 x .
(ii) Is f a periodic function? Explain your answer.
(b) Let
g
:R

R be defined by
) ( ) 1 ( ) ( x f x f x g + +
.
(i) Sketch the graph of
) (x g y
for 4 4 x .
(ii) Is g an injective function? Explain your answer. (06-2) (7
marks)
3. (a) If the function g: R R is both even and odd, show that g(x) = 0 for all xR.
(b) For any function f: R R, define
F(x) =
)] ( ) ( [
2
1
x f x f +
and G(x) =
)] ( ) ( [
2
1
x f x f
.
(i) Show that F is an even function and G is an odd function.
(ii) If f(x) = M(x) + N(x) for all xR, where M is even and N is odd, show that
M(x) = F(x) and N(x) = G(x) for all xR. (02-5) (6 marks)
4. (a) Suppose f : R R is a function satisfying
) ( ) ( x a f x a f +
and
) ( ) ( x b f x b f +
for all
x, where a, b are constants and a > b. Let w = 2(a b). Show that w is a period of f,
i.e.,
) ( ) ( x f w x f +
for all xR.
(b) Suppose g : R R is a periodic function with period T > 0 satisfying
) ( ) ( x g x g
for all x.
Show that there exists c with 0 < c < T such that
) ( ) ( x c g x c g +
for all x. (99-6)
(6 marks)
5. Let f: [1, 1] [0,

], f(x) = arc cos x and g: R R, g(x) = f(cos x).

(a) Show that g(x) is even and periodic.
(b) Find g(x) for
] , 0 [ x
.
Hence sketch the graph of g(x) for
] 2 , 2 [ x
. (95-4) (5 marks)
6. Let f: R R be bijective and a
1
< a
2
< < a
n
, where n 2.
(a) Suppose f is strictly increasing. Prove that its inverse
1
f is also strictly increasing and deduce
that
n
n
k
k
a a f
n
f a <
,
_

<

1
1
1
) (
1
.
(b) Define h(x) = pf(x) + q, where p, q R and p 0. Show that

,
_

p
q x
f x h
1 1
) (
and deduce that
,
_

,
_

n
k
k
n
k
k
a f
n
f a h
n
h
1
1
1
1
) (
1
) (
1
. (92-6) (5 marks)