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Putnam 2014 B2

  • Session B

Suppose that ff is a function on the interval [1,3][1,3] such that −1≤f(x)≤1-1 \leq f(x) \leq 1 for all xx and ∫13f(x)dx=0\int_1^3 f(x) dx = 0. How large can ∫13f(x)xdx\int_1^3 \frac{f(x)}{x} dx be?

Curated text Kedlaya Putnam archive. Quoted with source.

Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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