Main topics covered: Logarithm function, limits, differentiation.
Part 1
The graph below gives the graphical representation in an orthonormal coordinate system of the function $f$ defined on the interval $]0; +\infty[$ by:
$$f(x) = \frac{2\ln(x) - 1}{x}$$
- Determine by calculation the unique solution $\alpha$ of the equation $f(x) = 0$.
Give the exact value of $\alpha$ as well as the value rounded to the nearest hundredth. - Specify, by graphical reading, the sign of $f(x)$ when $x$ varies in the interval $]0; +\infty[$.
Part II
We consider the function $g$ defined on the interval $]0; +\infty[$ by:
$$g(x) = [\ln(x)]^2 - \ln(x)$$
- a. Determine the limit of the function $g$ at 0. b. Determine the limit of the function $g$ at $+\infty$.
- We denote by $g'$ the derivative function of the function $g$ on the interval $]0; +\infty[$.
Prove that, for any real number $x$ in $]0; +\infty[$, we have: $g'(x) = f(x)$, where $f$ denotes the function defined in Part I. - Draw up the variation table of the function $g$ on the interval $]0; +\infty[$.
This table should include the limits of the function $g$ at 0 and at $+\infty$, as well as the value of the minimum of $g$ on $]0; +\infty[$. - Prove that, for any real number $m > -0.25$, the equation $g(x) = m$ has exactly two solutions.
- Determine by calculation the two solutions of the equation $g(x) = 0$.