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Putnam 2006 B5

  • Session B

For each continuous function f:[0,1]→Rf: [0,1] \to \mathbb{R}, let I(f)=∫01x2f(x)dxI(f) = \int_0^1 x^2 f(x) dx and J(x)=∫01x(f(x))2dxJ(x) = \int_0^1 x \left(f(x)\right)^2 dx. Find the maximum value of I(f)−J(f)I(f) - J(f) over all such functions ff.

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