How to find local maximum and minimum of function $f_{n} = x^{n} sin x$ at $x=0$
$begingroup$
How to find local maximum and minimum of function $f_{n} = x^{n} sin x$ at $x=0$?
Where $n≥2$.
I tried to find local Maxima or minima by finding the critical points, but I'm getting no critical points since $f'_{n}$ is $0$ at $x=0$.
Moreover, the local Maxima and local minima should also depend on nature of $n$, it it is odd or even.
What is the method to find local extrema of such functions?
calculus
$endgroup$
|
show 4 more comments
$begingroup$
How to find local maximum and minimum of function $f_{n} = x^{n} sin x$ at $x=0$?
Where $n≥2$.
I tried to find local Maxima or minima by finding the critical points, but I'm getting no critical points since $f'_{n}$ is $0$ at $x=0$.
Moreover, the local Maxima and local minima should also depend on nature of $n$, it it is odd or even.
What is the method to find local extrema of such functions?
calculus
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
Do you mean near x=0?
$endgroup$
– Peter Foreman
Jan 8 at 17:25
$begingroup$
I don't know what you're trying, but the most basic (and typically first learned) test, namely the first derivative test, leads one to consider the intervals on which $x^{n-1}(nsin x + x cos x)$ is positive and the intervals on which $x^{n-1}(nsin x + x cos x)$ is negative.
$endgroup$
– Dave L. Renfro
Jan 8 at 17:35
$begingroup$
@Peter Foreman, if it is not possible to find the nature of function at a particular point then we can find its nature in its right and left eighborhood. But I'm unable to do this.
$endgroup$
– Mathsaddict
Jan 8 at 17:46
$begingroup$
@Dave L. Renfro I'm stuck on finding such intervals.
$endgroup$
– Mathsaddict
Jan 8 at 17:47
1
$begingroup$
You'll have to deal with the transcendental equation $tan x = -frac{x}{n}.$ You can determine the approximate location of the roots by examining where the graphs of $y = tan x$ and $y = -frac{x}{n}$ intersect. It's probably instructive to first consider the specific special cases $n=1,$ $n=2,$ etc. This discussion of the roots of $tan x = x$ may be helpful. Note the nonzero roots are transcendental (p. 12 of cited slides) and probably can't be expressed in closed form (p. 13).
$endgroup$
– Dave L. Renfro
Jan 8 at 18:05
|
show 4 more comments
$begingroup$
How to find local maximum and minimum of function $f_{n} = x^{n} sin x$ at $x=0$?
Where $n≥2$.
I tried to find local Maxima or minima by finding the critical points, but I'm getting no critical points since $f'_{n}$ is $0$ at $x=0$.
Moreover, the local Maxima and local minima should also depend on nature of $n$, it it is odd or even.
What is the method to find local extrema of such functions?
calculus
$endgroup$
How to find local maximum and minimum of function $f_{n} = x^{n} sin x$ at $x=0$?
Where $n≥2$.
I tried to find local Maxima or minima by finding the critical points, but I'm getting no critical points since $f'_{n}$ is $0$ at $x=0$.
Moreover, the local Maxima and local minima should also depend on nature of $n$, it it is odd or even.
What is the method to find local extrema of such functions?
calculus
calculus
asked Jan 8 at 17:09
MathsaddictMathsaddict
3459
3459
$begingroup$
Do you mean near x=0?
$endgroup$
– Peter Foreman
Jan 8 at 17:25
$begingroup$
I don't know what you're trying, but the most basic (and typically first learned) test, namely the first derivative test, leads one to consider the intervals on which $x^{n-1}(nsin x + x cos x)$ is positive and the intervals on which $x^{n-1}(nsin x + x cos x)$ is negative.
$endgroup$
– Dave L. Renfro
Jan 8 at 17:35
$begingroup$
@Peter Foreman, if it is not possible to find the nature of function at a particular point then we can find its nature in its right and left eighborhood. But I'm unable to do this.
$endgroup$
– Mathsaddict
Jan 8 at 17:46
$begingroup$
@Dave L. Renfro I'm stuck on finding such intervals.
$endgroup$
– Mathsaddict
Jan 8 at 17:47
1
$begingroup$
You'll have to deal with the transcendental equation $tan x = -frac{x}{n}.$ You can determine the approximate location of the roots by examining where the graphs of $y = tan x$ and $y = -frac{x}{n}$ intersect. It's probably instructive to first consider the specific special cases $n=1,$ $n=2,$ etc. This discussion of the roots of $tan x = x$ may be helpful. Note the nonzero roots are transcendental (p. 12 of cited slides) and probably can't be expressed in closed form (p. 13).
$endgroup$
– Dave L. Renfro
Jan 8 at 18:05
|
show 4 more comments
$begingroup$
Do you mean near x=0?
$endgroup$
– Peter Foreman
Jan 8 at 17:25
$begingroup$
I don't know what you're trying, but the most basic (and typically first learned) test, namely the first derivative test, leads one to consider the intervals on which $x^{n-1}(nsin x + x cos x)$ is positive and the intervals on which $x^{n-1}(nsin x + x cos x)$ is negative.
$endgroup$
– Dave L. Renfro
Jan 8 at 17:35
$begingroup$
@Peter Foreman, if it is not possible to find the nature of function at a particular point then we can find its nature in its right and left eighborhood. But I'm unable to do this.
$endgroup$
– Mathsaddict
Jan 8 at 17:46
$begingroup$
@Dave L. Renfro I'm stuck on finding such intervals.
$endgroup$
– Mathsaddict
Jan 8 at 17:47
1
$begingroup$
You'll have to deal with the transcendental equation $tan x = -frac{x}{n}.$ You can determine the approximate location of the roots by examining where the graphs of $y = tan x$ and $y = -frac{x}{n}$ intersect. It's probably instructive to first consider the specific special cases $n=1,$ $n=2,$ etc. This discussion of the roots of $tan x = x$ may be helpful. Note the nonzero roots are transcendental (p. 12 of cited slides) and probably can't be expressed in closed form (p. 13).
$endgroup$
– Dave L. Renfro
Jan 8 at 18:05
$begingroup$
Do you mean near x=0?
$endgroup$
– Peter Foreman
Jan 8 at 17:25
$begingroup$
Do you mean near x=0?
$endgroup$
– Peter Foreman
Jan 8 at 17:25
$begingroup$
I don't know what you're trying, but the most basic (and typically first learned) test, namely the first derivative test, leads one to consider the intervals on which $x^{n-1}(nsin x + x cos x)$ is positive and the intervals on which $x^{n-1}(nsin x + x cos x)$ is negative.
$endgroup$
– Dave L. Renfro
Jan 8 at 17:35
$begingroup$
I don't know what you're trying, but the most basic (and typically first learned) test, namely the first derivative test, leads one to consider the intervals on which $x^{n-1}(nsin x + x cos x)$ is positive and the intervals on which $x^{n-1}(nsin x + x cos x)$ is negative.
$endgroup$
– Dave L. Renfro
Jan 8 at 17:35
$begingroup$
@Peter Foreman, if it is not possible to find the nature of function at a particular point then we can find its nature in its right and left eighborhood. But I'm unable to do this.
$endgroup$
– Mathsaddict
Jan 8 at 17:46
$begingroup$
@Peter Foreman, if it is not possible to find the nature of function at a particular point then we can find its nature in its right and left eighborhood. But I'm unable to do this.
$endgroup$
– Mathsaddict
Jan 8 at 17:46
$begingroup$
@Dave L. Renfro I'm stuck on finding such intervals.
$endgroup$
– Mathsaddict
Jan 8 at 17:47
$begingroup$
@Dave L. Renfro I'm stuck on finding such intervals.
$endgroup$
– Mathsaddict
Jan 8 at 17:47
1
1
$begingroup$
You'll have to deal with the transcendental equation $tan x = -frac{x}{n}.$ You can determine the approximate location of the roots by examining where the graphs of $y = tan x$ and $y = -frac{x}{n}$ intersect. It's probably instructive to first consider the specific special cases $n=1,$ $n=2,$ etc. This discussion of the roots of $tan x = x$ may be helpful. Note the nonzero roots are transcendental (p. 12 of cited slides) and probably can't be expressed in closed form (p. 13).
$endgroup$
– Dave L. Renfro
Jan 8 at 18:05
$begingroup$
You'll have to deal with the transcendental equation $tan x = -frac{x}{n}.$ You can determine the approximate location of the roots by examining where the graphs of $y = tan x$ and $y = -frac{x}{n}$ intersect. It's probably instructive to first consider the specific special cases $n=1,$ $n=2,$ etc. This discussion of the roots of $tan x = x$ may be helpful. Note the nonzero roots are transcendental (p. 12 of cited slides) and probably can't be expressed in closed form (p. 13).
$endgroup$
– Dave L. Renfro
Jan 8 at 18:05
|
show 4 more comments
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
$begingroup$
If you draw a plot of $x^2sin x$, you will see it has no minimum or maximum at $x=0$. Neither $x^{2n} sin x$. However, $x^{2n+1} sin x$ reaches minimum at $x=0$
Calculate $f''$ and use property that $f''(x)$ is negative at $x=x_0$ if it's maximum at $x_0$, positive in case of minimum and equals zero in case of inflection point. Note: this is not always true, but in your case it's ok. (see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflection_point )
$endgroup$
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ifUsing("editor", function () {
return StackExchange.using("mathjaxEditing", function () {
StackExchange.MarkdownEditor.creationCallbacks.add(function (editor, postfix) {
StackExchange.mathjaxEditing.prepareWmdForMathJax(editor, postfix, [["$", "$"], ["\\(","\\)"]]);
});
});
}, "mathjax-editing");
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "69"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fmath.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f3066443%2fhow-to-find-local-maximum-and-minimum-of-function-f-n-xn-sin-x-at-x-0%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
$begingroup$
If you draw a plot of $x^2sin x$, you will see it has no minimum or maximum at $x=0$. Neither $x^{2n} sin x$. However, $x^{2n+1} sin x$ reaches minimum at $x=0$
Calculate $f''$ and use property that $f''(x)$ is negative at $x=x_0$ if it's maximum at $x_0$, positive in case of minimum and equals zero in case of inflection point. Note: this is not always true, but in your case it's ok. (see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflection_point )
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
If you draw a plot of $x^2sin x$, you will see it has no minimum or maximum at $x=0$. Neither $x^{2n} sin x$. However, $x^{2n+1} sin x$ reaches minimum at $x=0$
Calculate $f''$ and use property that $f''(x)$ is negative at $x=x_0$ if it's maximum at $x_0$, positive in case of minimum and equals zero in case of inflection point. Note: this is not always true, but in your case it's ok. (see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflection_point )
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
If you draw a plot of $x^2sin x$, you will see it has no minimum or maximum at $x=0$. Neither $x^{2n} sin x$. However, $x^{2n+1} sin x$ reaches minimum at $x=0$
Calculate $f''$ and use property that $f''(x)$ is negative at $x=x_0$ if it's maximum at $x_0$, positive in case of minimum and equals zero in case of inflection point. Note: this is not always true, but in your case it's ok. (see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflection_point )
$endgroup$
If you draw a plot of $x^2sin x$, you will see it has no minimum or maximum at $x=0$. Neither $x^{2n} sin x$. However, $x^{2n+1} sin x$ reaches minimum at $x=0$
Calculate $f''$ and use property that $f''(x)$ is negative at $x=x_0$ if it's maximum at $x_0$, positive in case of minimum and equals zero in case of inflection point. Note: this is not always true, but in your case it's ok. (see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflection_point )
answered Jan 8 at 17:43
Mike_Mike_
516
516
add a comment |
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to Mathematics Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
Use MathJax to format equations. MathJax reference.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fmath.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f3066443%2fhow-to-find-local-maximum-and-minimum-of-function-f-n-xn-sin-x-at-x-0%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
$begingroup$
Do you mean near x=0?
$endgroup$
– Peter Foreman
Jan 8 at 17:25
$begingroup$
I don't know what you're trying, but the most basic (and typically first learned) test, namely the first derivative test, leads one to consider the intervals on which $x^{n-1}(nsin x + x cos x)$ is positive and the intervals on which $x^{n-1}(nsin x + x cos x)$ is negative.
$endgroup$
– Dave L. Renfro
Jan 8 at 17:35
$begingroup$
@Peter Foreman, if it is not possible to find the nature of function at a particular point then we can find its nature in its right and left eighborhood. But I'm unable to do this.
$endgroup$
– Mathsaddict
Jan 8 at 17:46
$begingroup$
@Dave L. Renfro I'm stuck on finding such intervals.
$endgroup$
– Mathsaddict
Jan 8 at 17:47
1
$begingroup$
You'll have to deal with the transcendental equation $tan x = -frac{x}{n}.$ You can determine the approximate location of the roots by examining where the graphs of $y = tan x$ and $y = -frac{x}{n}$ intersect. It's probably instructive to first consider the specific special cases $n=1,$ $n=2,$ etc. This discussion of the roots of $tan x = x$ may be helpful. Note the nonzero roots are transcendental (p. 12 of cited slides) and probably can't be expressed in closed form (p. 13).
$endgroup$
– Dave L. Renfro
Jan 8 at 18:05