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leumasicOfficial

3 months ago

Notice that f(0)=0f(0)=0 since

f(0)0α    0f(0)0.|f(0)|\le |0|^\alpha\implies 0\le f(0)\le 0.

Also,

0f(x)f(0)x=f(x)xxαx=xα10\le \left|\frac{f(x)-f(0)}{x}\right|=\left|\frac{f(x)}{x}\right|\le \frac{|x|^\alpha}{|x|}=|x|^{\alpha-1}

and

limx0xα1=0\lim_{x\to 0}|x|^{\alpha-1}=0

because α>1\alpha>1. Hence,

limx0f(x)x=0\lim_{x\to 0}\left|\frac{f(x)}{x}\right|=0

by the Squeeze Theorem, and consequently

f(0)=limx0f(x)x=0.f'(0)=\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{f(x)}{x}=0.
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