Composite or piecewise function extremum analysis

The question involves finding extrema or analyzing differentiability and extremal behavior of functions defined piecewise, involving absolute values, or composed with other operations like integrals.

csat-suneung 2011 Q24 4 marks View
There is a quartic function $f ( x )$ with leading coefficient 1, $f ( 0 ) = 3$, and $f ^ { \prime } ( 3 ) < 0$. For a real number $t$, define the set $S$ as $$S = \{ a \mid \text{the function } | f ( x ) - t | \text{ is not differentiable at } x = a \}$$ and let $g ( t )$ be the number of elements in set $S$. When the function $g ( t )$ is discontinuous only at $t = 3$ and $t = 19$, find the value of $f ( - 2 )$. [4 points]
csat-suneung 2013 Q21 4 marks View
For the function $f ( x ) = k x ^ { 2 } e ^ { - x } ( k > 0 )$ and a real number $t$, let $g ( t )$ be the smaller of the distance from the point $( t , f ( t ) )$ on the curve $y = f ( x )$ to the $x$-axis and the distance to the $y$-axis. What is the maximum value of $k$ such that the function $g ( t )$ is not differentiable at exactly one point? [4 points]
(1) $\frac { 1 } { e }$
(2) $\frac { 1 } { \sqrt { e } }$
(3) $\frac { e } { 2 }$
(4) $\sqrt { e }$
(5) $e$
csat-suneung 2018 Q29 4 marks View
For two real numbers $a$ and $k$, two functions $f ( x )$ and $g ( x )$ are defined as $$\begin{aligned} & f ( x ) = \begin{cases} 0 & ( x \leq a ) \\ ( x - 1 ) ^ { 2 } ( 2 x + 1 ) & ( x > a ) \end{cases} \\ & g ( x ) = \begin{cases} 0 & ( x \leq k ) \\ 12 ( x - k ) & ( x > k ) \end{cases} \end{aligned}$$ and satisfy the following conditions. (가) The function $f ( x )$ is differentiable on the entire set of real numbers. (나) For all real numbers $x$, $f ( x ) \geq g ( x )$. When the minimum value of $k$ is $\frac { q } { p }$, find the value of $a + p + q$. (Here, $p$ and $q$ are coprime natural numbers.) [4 points]
csat-suneung 2021 Q30 4 marks View
The function $f ( x )$ is a cubic function with leading coefficient 1, and the function $g ( x )$ is a linear function. Define the function $h ( x )$ as $$h ( x ) = \begin{cases} | f ( x ) - g ( x ) | & ( x < 1 ) \\ f ( x ) + g ( x ) & ( x \geq 1 ) \end{cases}$$ If $h ( x )$ is differentiable on the entire set of real numbers, and $h ( 0 ) = 0$, $h ( 2 ) = 5$, find the value of $h ( 4 )$. [4 points]
csat-suneung 2024 Q21 4 marks View
For a positive number $a$, the function $f(x)$ defined on $x \geq -1$ is $$f(x) = \begin{cases} -x^2 + 6x & (-1 \leq x < 6) \\ a\log_4(x-5) & (x \geq 6) \end{cases}$$ For a real number $t \geq 0$, let $g(t)$ denote the maximum value of $f(x)$ on the closed interval $[t-1, t+1]$. If the minimum value of the function $g(t)$ on the interval $[0, \infty)$ is 5, find the minimum value of the positive number $a$. [4 points]
grandes-ecoles 2025 Q9 View
Consider the function $$f(x) := \frac{1}{3}x^3 \quad \text{if } x \geq 0, \quad f(x) := 0 \quad \text{if } x < 0$$ Justify that $f \in \mathcal{C}^1(\mathbb{R})$ and that $f$ is convex. Give the set of its minimizers.
jee-advanced 2008 Q6 View
The total number of local maxima and local minima of the function $$f ( x ) = \begin{cases} ( 2 + x ) ^ { 3 } , & - 3 < x \leq - 1 \\ x ^ { 2 / 3 } , & - 1 < x < 2 \end{cases}$$ is
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
jee-advanced 2014 Q54 View
Let $f : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ and $g : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be respectively given by $f(x) = |x| + 1$ and $g(x) = x^2 + 1$. Define $h : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ by $$h(x) = \begin{cases} \max\{f(x), g(x)\} & \text{if } x \leq 0 \\ \min\{f(x), g(x)\} & \text{if } x > 0 \end{cases}$$ The number of points at which $h(x)$ is not differentiable is
jee-advanced 2019 Q10 View
Let $f : \mathbb { R } \rightarrow \mathbb { R }$ be given by $$f ( x ) = \left\{ \begin{aligned} x ^ { 5 } + 5 x ^ { 4 } + 10 x ^ { 3 } + 10 x ^ { 2 } + 3 x + 1 , & x < 0 \\ x ^ { 2 } - x + 1 , & 0 \leq x < 1 \\ \frac { 2 } { 3 } x ^ { 3 } - 4 x ^ { 2 } + 7 x - \frac { 8 } { 3 } , & 1 \leq x < 3 \\ ( x - 2 ) \log _ { e } ( x - 2 ) - x + \frac { 10 } { 3 } , & x \geq 3 \end{aligned} \right.$$ Then which of the following options is/are correct?
(A) $f$ is increasing on $( - \infty , 0 )$
(B) $f ^ { \prime }$ has a local maximum at $x = 1$
(C) $f$ is onto
(D) $f ^ { \prime }$ is NOT differentiable at $x = 1$
jee-main 2022 Q73 View
Let $f ( x ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { c c } x ^ { 3 } - x ^ { 2 } + 10 x - 7 , & x \leq 1 \\ - 2 x + \log _ { 2 } \left( b ^ { 2 } - 4 \right) , & x > 1 \end{array} \right.$ Then the set of all values of $b$, for which $f ( x )$ has maximum value at $x = 1$, is:
(1) $( - 6 , - 2 )$
(2) $( 2,6 )$
(3) $[ - 6 , - 2 ) \cup ( 2,6 ]$
(4) $[ - \sqrt { 6 } , - 2 ) \cup ( 2 , \sqrt { 6 } ]$
jee-main 2022 Q73 View
Let a function $f : \mathbb { R } \rightarrow \mathbb { R }$ be defined as: $f ( x ) = \begin{cases} \int _ { 0 } ^ { x } ( 5 - | t - 3 | ) d t , & x > 4 \\ x ^ { 2 } + b x , & x \leq 4 \end{cases}$ where $b \in \mathbb { R }$. If $f$ is continuous at $x = 4$, then which of the following statements is NOT true?
(1) $f$ is not differentiable at $x = 4$
(2) $f ^ { \prime } ( 3 ) + f ^ { \prime } ( 5 ) = \frac { 35 } { 4 }$
(3) $f$ is increasing in $\left( - \infty , \frac { 1 } { 8 } \right) \cup ( 8 , \infty )$
(4) $f$ has a local minima at $x = \frac { 1 } { 8 }$
jee-main 2025 Q4 View
The sum of all local minimum values of the function
$$f ( x ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { l r } 1 - 2 x , & x < - 1 \\ \frac { 1 } { 3 } ( 7 + 2 | x | ) , & - 1 \leq x \leq 2 \\ \frac { 11 } { 18 } ( x - 4 ) ( x - 5 ) , & x > 2 \end{array} \right.$$
is
(1) $\frac { 157 } { 72 }$
(2) $\frac { 131 } { 72 }$
(3) $\frac { 171 } { 72 }$
(4) $\frac { 167 } { 72 }$