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Differentiation
Differentiation
Medium

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 If f(x)={x3sin(1x),x00,x=0, then \text { If } f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{ll} x^3 \sin \left(\frac{1}{x}\right), & x \neq 0 \\ 0 & , x=0 \end{array}\right. \text {, then }

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Given the function: f(x)={x3sin(1x),x00,x=0f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{ll} x^3 \sin \left(\frac{1}{x}\right), & x \neq 0 \\ 0, & x=0 \end{array}\right. we need to find its second derivative at specific points. First, let’s compute the first derivative f(x)f^{\prime}(x): f(x)=3x2sin(1x)xcos(1x)f^{\prime}(x) = 3x^2 \sin \left( \frac{1}{x} \right) - x \cos \left( \frac{1}{x} \right) Next, the second derivative f(x)f^{\prime \prime}(x) is: f(x)=6xsin(1x)3xcos(1x)cos(1x)1xsin(1x)f^{\prime \prime}(x) = 6x \sin \left(\frac{1}{x}\right) - 3x \cos \left(\frac{1}{x}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{1}{x}\right) - \frac{1}{x} \sin \left(\frac{1}{x}\right) Therefore, evaluating the second derivative at x=2πx = \frac{2}{\pi}: f(2π)=6(2π)sin(π2)3(2π)cos(π2)cos(π2)π2sin(π2)f^{\prime \prime} \left(\frac{2}{\pi}\right) = 6 \left( \frac{2}{\pi} \right) \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right) - 3 \left( \frac{2}{\pi} \right) \cos \left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right) - \cos \left( \frac{\pi}{2} \right) - \frac{\pi}{2} \sin \left( \frac{\pi}{2} \right) Since sin(π2)=1\sin(\frac{\pi}{2}) = 1 and cos(π2)=0\cos(\frac{\pi}{2}) = 0, this simplifies to: f(2π)=12ππ2=24π22πf^{\prime \prime} \left( \frac{2}{\pi} \right) = \frac{12}{\pi} - \frac{\pi}{2} = \frac{24 - \pi^2}{2\pi} Finally, note that f(0)f^{\prime}(0) is not defined, as it involves terms like 1x\frac{1}{x} when x=0x = 0.

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