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Using limits, has $g$ a global max, min?&nbsp;</p>"}, "statement": "<p>Let $g: \\mathbb{R} \\rightarrow \\mathbb{R}$ be the function given by:<br/>\\[g(x)=\\simplify{{a}*x/(x^2+{b}^2)}\\]</p>", "functions": {}, "rulesets": {"std": ["all", "!collectNumbers", "fractionNumbers", "!noLeadingMinus"]}, "variablesTest": {"condition": "", "maxRuns": 100}, "variables": {"b": {"templateType": "anything", "name": "b", "description": "", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "random(1..9)"}, "lma": {"templateType": "anything", "name": "lma", "description": "", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "if(a>0,b,-b)"}, "s": {"templateType": "anything", "name": "s", "description": "", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "random(1,-1)"}, "valmax": {"templateType": "anything", "name": "valmax", "description": "", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "-valmin"}, "tol": {"templateType": "anything", "name": "tol", "description": "", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "0.001"}, "valmin": {"templateType": "anything", "name": "valmin", "description": "", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "precround(-abs(a)*b/(2*b^2),3)"}, "lmi": {"templateType": "anything", "name": "lmi", "description": "", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "if(a<0,b,-b)"}, "a": {"templateType": "anything", "name": "a", "description": "", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "s*random(1..9)"}}, "ungrouped_variables": ["a", "b", "valmin", "valmax", "lmi", "s", "tol", "lma"], "tags": [], "preamble": {"js": "", "css": ""}, "variable_groups": [], "advice": "\n  <p>The function $g(x)$ is continuous and differentiable at all points in $\\mathbb{R}$.</p>\n    <p>Using the quotient rule for differentiation we see that<br/>\\[\\begin{eqnarray*}g'(x)&amp;=&amp;\\simplify{({a}*(x^2+{b^2})-{2*a}*x^2)/(x^2+{b^2})^2}\\\\ &amp;=&amp;\\simplify{({-a}*(x-{b})(x+{b}))/(x^2+{b^2})^2} \\end{eqnarray*} \\]</p>\n    <h4>Stationary Points.</h4>\n    <p>The stationary points are given by solving $g'(x)=0$.</p>\n    <p>$g'(x)=0 \\Rightarrow \\simplify{{-a}*(x-{b})(x+{b})=0} \\Rightarrow x=\\var{b} \\mbox{ or } x=\\var{-b}$</p>\n    <p>The second derivative can be found by applying the quotient rule to the derivative of $g(x)$ and we obtain:</p>\n    <p>Using the quotient rule for differentiation we see that<br/>\\[\\begin{eqnarray*}g''(x)&amp;=&amp;\\simplify[std]{({-2*a}*x*(x^2+{b^2})^2+{4*a}*x*(x^2-{b^2})(x^2+{b^2}))/(x^2+{b^2})^4}\\\\ &amp;=&amp;\\simplify[std]{({2*a}*x*(x^2-{3*b^2}))/(x^2+{b^2})^3} \\end{eqnarray*} \\]</p>\n    <p>The nature of the stationary points are determined by evaluating $g''(x)$ at the stationary points.</p>\n    <p>For $x= \\var{lma}$ we have: \\[g''(\\var{lma})= \\simplify[std]{-{abs(a)}/{2*b^3}} \\lt 0\\]</p>\n    <p>Hence is a local maximum.</p>\n    <p>Evaluating the function at $x=\\var{lma}$ gives $g(\\var{lma})=\\var{valmax}$ to 3 decimal places.</p>\n    <p>For $x= \\var{lmi}$ we have: \\[g''(\\var{lmi})= \\simplify[std]{{abs(a)}/{2*b^3}} \\gt 0\\]</p>\n    <p>Hence is a local minimum.</p>\n    <p>Evaluating the function at $x=\\var{lmi}$ gives $g(\\var{lmi})=\\var{valmin}$ to 3 decimal places.</p>\n    <h4>The Limits.</h4>\n    <p>If we divide $g(x)$ top and bottom by $x^2$ (OK as $x \\neq 0$ at any time) we obtain: \\[g(x)=\\simplify[std]{({a}/x)/(1+{b^2}/x^2)}\\]</p>\n    <p>Then using the fact that $\\displaystyle \\frac{1}{x}$ and $\\displaystyle \\frac{1}{x^2}$ both tend to $0$ as $ x \\rightarrow \\pm\\infty$ we see that</p>\n    <p>$\\displaystyle \\lim_{x \\to \\infty}g(x)=\\frac{0}{1}=0$ and similarly</p>\n    <p>$\\lim_{x \\to -\\infty}g(x)=0$</p>\n    <h4>Global Maximum and Minimum</h4>\n    <p>Since $g$ has a finite limit of $0$ as $x \\rightarrow \\pm\\infty$ and we have that $0$ lies between the local minimum $\\var{valmin}$ and the local maximum $\\var{valmax}$</p>\n    <p>Then:</p>\n    <p><strong>Global Maximum</strong>: The local maximum of $g$ we 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