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Putnam 2012 B1

  • Session B

Let SS be a class of functions from [0,∞)[0, \infty) to [0,∞)[0, \infty) that satisfies:

(i) The functions f1(x)=ex−1f_1(x) = e^x - 1 and f2(x)=ln⁡(x+1)f_2(x) = \ln(x+1) are in SS;

(ii) If f(x)f(x) and g(x)g(x) are in SS, the functions f(x)+g(x)f(x) + g(x) and f(g(x))f(g(x)) are in SS;

(iii) If f(x)f(x) and g(x)g(x) are in SS and f(x)≥g(x)f(x) \geq g(x) for all x≥0x \geq 0, then the function f(x)−g(x)f(x) - g(x) is in SS.

Prove that if f(x)f(x) and g(x)g(x) are in SS, then the function f(x)g(x)f(x) g(x) is also in SS.

Curated text Kedlaya Putnam archive. Quoted with source.

Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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