Tuesday, February 28, 2017

real analysis - f(x+y)=f(x)f(y) for all x,y . Show that f(x)=f(0)f(x) and determine the value of f(0)



Problem is that Suppose f is differentiable everywhere and f(x+y)=f(x)f(y) for all x,y . Show that f(x)=f(0)f(x) and determine the value of f(0).



I can show f(x)=f(0)f(x)



but i don't know how to determine the value of f(0).




Please help!


Answer



It's impossible to determine the value of f(0) from the information given - perhaps you left something out, perhaps the question was stated somewhat differently, or perhaps it's a bad question.



If a is any real number and f(t)=eat then f is differentiable, f(x+y)=f(x)f(y), and f(0)=a. So the information given literally says nothing at all about the value of f(0); that value can be anything.


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