Exercise 9.43

Find the local maxima and minima of x 3 3 px Ap and show that each of the intervals ( 2 p , p ) , ( p , p ) , ( p , 2 p ) contains exactly one of the values 2 Re ( ω k g ( χ π ) ) , k = 0 , 1 , 2 .

Answers

Proof. Write χ = χ π , and for k { 0 , 1 , 2 } ,

G k = 2 Re ( ω k g ( χ ) ) = ω k g ( χ ) + ω ¯ k g ( χ ) ¯ ,

so G = G 0 . As in section 12, since g ( χ ) 3 = , and | g ( χ ) | 2 = p ,

G k 3 = g ( χ ) 3 + g ( χ ) ¯ 3 + 3 ω 2 k g ( χ ) 2 ω ¯ k g ( χ ) ¯ + 3 ω k g ( χ ) ω ¯ 2 k g ( χ ) ¯ 2 = + p π ¯ + 3 g ( χ ) g ( χ ) ¯ ( ω k g ( χ ) + ω ¯ k g ( χ ) ¯ ) = 3 p G k + p ( 2 a b ) = 3 p G k + pA

So G 0 , G 1 , G 2 are the three roots of f ( x ) = x 3 3 px Ap .

f ( x ) = 3 ( x 2 p ) < 0 iff p < x < p . f is decreasing on [ p , p ] , and increasing on ] , p [ , and on [ p , + [ .

Since 4 p = A 2 + 27 B 2 , | A | < 2 p , therefore

f ( p ) = p p 3 p p Ap = p ( 2 p + A ) < 0 ,

and

f ( p ) = p p + 3 p p Ap = p ( 2 p A ) > 0 .

Since lim x f ( x ) = and lim x + f ( x ) = + , the intermediate value theorem shows that f has a unique root in each of the intervals ] , p [ , ] p , p [ , [ p , + [ .

Moreover

f ( 2 p ) = 8 p p 6 p p Ap = p ( 2 p A ) > 0 , f ( 2 p ) = 8 p p + 6 p p Ap = p ( 2 p A ) < 0 ,

therefore f has a unique root in each of the intervals ] 2 p , p [ , ] p , p [ , [ p , 2 p [ .

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