grandes-ecoles 2022 Q3.1
Definite Integral Evaluation (Computational)
Let $a , b , c , d$ be four real numbers such that $a \leqslant b$ and $c \leqslant d$. Let $U$ be an open set of $\mathbb { R } ^ { 2 }$ containing $[ a , b ] \times [ c , d ]$. Let $h : U \rightarrow \mathbb { R }$ be a function of class $\mathcal { C } ^ { 2 }$.
(a) Show the identity $$h ( b , d ) - h ( a , d ) - h ( b , c ) + h ( a , c ) = \int _ { a } ^ { b } \hat { h } \left( s _ { 1 } \right) d s _ { 1 }$$ where $\hat { h }$ is defined by $$\hat { h } \left( s _ { 1 } \right) = \int _ { c } ^ { d } \frac { \partial ^ { 2 } h } { \partial s _ { 1 } \partial s _ { 2 } } \left( s _ { 1 } , s _ { 2 } \right) d s _ { 2 }$$
(b) Deduce that there exists a point $\left( \bar { s } _ { 1 } , \bar { s } _ { 2 } \right)$ of $[ a , b ] \times [ c , d ]$ such that we have the two equalities $$h ( b , d ) - h ( a , d ) - h ( b , c ) + h ( a , c ) = ( b - a ) \hat { h } \left( \bar { s } _ { 1 } \right) = ( b - a ) ( d - c ) \frac { \partial ^ { 2 } h } { \partial s _ { 1 } \partial s _ { 2 } } \left( \bar { s } _ { 1 } , \bar { s } _ { 2 } \right)$$