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Putnam 2023 A3

  • Session A

Determine the smallest positive real number rr such that there exist differentiable functions f ⁣:R→Rf\colon \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} and g ⁣:R→Rg\colon \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} satisfying

(a) f(0)>0f(0) > 0,

(b) g(0)=0g(0) = 0,

(c) ∣f′(x)∣≤∣g(x)∣|f'(x)| \leq |g(x)| for all xx,

(d) ∣g′(x)∣≤∣f(x)∣|g'(x)| \leq |f(x)| for all xx, and

(e) f(r)=0f(r) = 0.

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