The problem was to find a function f whose limit g exists everywhere (i.e. limt→xf(t)=g(x)) and f(x)=2g(x)−sinx.
The key is to realize that g must continuous!
(In fact one can show that f is continuous almost everywhere, but that does not help this problem immediately).
If g is continuous then, the functional equation implies that f is too, and the result that f(x)=sinx follows easily.
To prove g is continuous at c we need to show that given an ϵ>0, there is a δ>0, such that |g(x)−g(c)|<ϵ∀x,0<|x−c|<δ
Now we have that there is some δ such that
|f(x)−g(c)|<ϵ2,∀x,0<|x−c|<δ
Also for any x1 such that 0<|x1−c|<δ we have a δ1 such that |f(x)−g(x1)|<ϵ2∀x,0<|x−x1|<δ1
Thus we can find an x such that for any 0<|x1−c|<δ we have the above two to be true, and hence adding them gives us that
|g(x1)−g(c)|<ϵ∀x1,0<|x1−c|<δ
The key is to realize that g must continuous!
(In fact one can show that f is continuous almost everywhere, but that does not help this problem immediately).
If g is continuous then, the functional equation implies that f is too, and the result that f(x)=sinx follows easily.
To prove g is continuous at c we need to show that given an ϵ>0, there is a δ>0, such that |g(x)−g(c)|<ϵ∀x,0<|x−c|<δ
Now we have that there is some δ such that
|f(x)−g(c)|<ϵ2,∀x,0<|x−c|<δ
Also for any x1 such that 0<|x1−c|<δ we have a δ1 such that |f(x)−g(x1)|<ϵ2∀x,0<|x−x1|<δ1
Thus we can find an x such that for any 0<|x1−c|<δ we have the above two to be true, and hence adding them gives us that
|g(x1)−g(c)|<ϵ∀x1,0<|x1−c|<δ
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