Exercise 9.28

Exercise 28: For t 0 , put

φ ( x , t ) = { x 0 x t x + 2 t t x 2 t 0 otherwise,

and put φ ( x , t ) = φ ( x , | t | ) if t < 0 . Show that φ is continuous on 2 , and D 2 φ ( x , 0 ) = 0 for all x . Define

f ( t ) = 1 1 φ ( x , t ) dx .

Show that f ( t ) = t if | t | < 1 4 . Hence

f ( 0 ) 1 1 D 2 φ ( x , 0 ) dx .

Answers

Away from the origin, φ is continuous since the definitions agree at the points ( x , 0 ) , ( x , t ) and ( x , 2 t ) . Since | φ ( x , t ) | | t | , we have for 𝜀 > 0 , 𝜀 < x < 𝜀 , and 𝜀 < t < 𝜀 , | φ ( x , t ) | < 𝜀 , so φ is also continuous at the origin.

For x 0 we have ( x , t ) = 0 for all t , and for x > 0 we have ( x , t ) = 0 for 1 2 x 2 t 1 2 x 2 , so D 2 ( x , 0 ) = 0 for all x .

If 0 t < 1 4 , then

f ( t ) = 1 1 φ ( x , t ) dx = 0 t x dx + t 2 t x + 2 t dx = ( t ) 2 2 0 ( 2 t ) 2 2 + 2 t ( 2 t ) + ( t ) 2 2 2 t ( t ) = t

and if 1 4 < t 0 , then

f ( t ) = 1 1 φ ( x , t ) dx = 0 t x dx + t 2 t x 2 t dx = ( t ) 2 2 + 0 + ( 2 t ) 2 2 2 t ( 2 t ) ( t ) 2 2 + 2 t ( t ) = t

Hence f ( 0 ) = 1 , while 1 1 D 2 φ ( x , 0 ) dx = 0 .

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