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- From: clong@romulus.rutgers.edu (Chris Long)
- Newsgroups: sci.math,rec.puzzles
- Subject: Re: Integral Puzzle (SPOILER)
- Message-ID: <Dec.20.11.00.28.1992.16004@romulus.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 20 Dec 92 16:00:29 GMT
- References: <1992Dec19.011244.2780@Csli.Stanford.EDU>
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- In article <1992Dec19.011244.2780@Csli.Stanford.EDU>, Yuzuru Hiraga writes:
-
- > Let f be any function such that:
- > * for 0<=x<=1; 0<=f(x)<= a
-
- > /1
- > * | f(x)dx = A
- > /0
- > where a and A are given constants (obviously, A<=a).
-
- > What are the maximum and minimum values that
-
- > /1 2
- > | {f(x)} dx
- > /0
-
- > can take?
-
- Let I = \int_0^1 f(x)^2 dx; the fact that I >= A^2 follows immediately
- from the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality. For the other (more interesting)
- direction, consider that if f(x) is non-negative, then so is a-f(x),
- and so (f(x)+a-f(x))^2 >= f(x)^2+(a-f(x))^2, hence \int_0^1 a^2 dx >=
- \int_0^1 f(x)^2 dx + \int_0^1 (a-f(x))^2 dx ==> a^2 >= I + a^2 - 2aA
- + I ==> I <= aA. To finish, such functions exist. For the first case,
- consider f(x)=A. For the second, consider f(x)=a for 0 <= x <= A/a,
- f(x)=0 elsewhere.
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- Chris Long, 265 Old York Rd., Bridgewater, NJ 08807-2618
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