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Question 11.38

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2 months ago

Let

f(x)=a0x+a1x22++anxn+1n+1.f(x)=a_0x+\frac{a_1x^2}{2}+\cdots+\frac{a_nx^{n+1}}{n+1}.

Then

f(x)=a0+a1x++anxnf'(x)=a_0+a_1x+\cdots+a_nx^n

and by the mean value theorem,

f(1)f(0)10=a0+a12++ann+1=f(c)\frac{f(1)-f(0)}{1-0}=a_0+\frac{a_1}{2}+\cdots+\frac{a_n}{n+1}=f'(c)

for some c(0,1)c\in(0,1). But since

i=0naii+1=0\sum_{i=0}^n \frac{a_i}{i+1}=0

then

f(c)=a0+a1c++ancn=0.f'(c)=a_0+a_1c+\cdots+a_nc^n=0.
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