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Putnam 2007 B2

  • Session B

Suppose that f:[0,1]→Rf: [0,1] \to \mathbb{R} has a continuous derivative and that ∫01f(x)dx=0\int_0^1 f(x) dx = 0. Prove that for every α∈(0,1)\alpha \in (0,1), ∣∫0αf(x)dx∣≤18max⁡0≤x≤1∣f′(x)∣.\left| \int_0^\alpha f(x) dx \right| \leq \frac{1}{8} \max_{0 \leq x \leq 1} |f'(x)|.

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Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Manjul Bhargava, Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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