Find f(x)

Find f(x) if f(x)= \lambda \int _{0} ^ { \pi /2 } \sin x \cos t .f(t) dt + \sin x

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Lokesh Verma ·

This one is a beauty....

The number that you have will be a constant multiple of sin x

so f(x) = k sin x (Where k is a constant!)

Put back in the original equation,

f(x) = \lambda/2 \int_{0}^{\pi/2}{\sin x \sin 2t dt} + sin x \\ \Rightarrow k sin x = k\lambda/2 \sin x \int_{0}^{\pi/2}{\sin 2t dt} + sin x\\ \Rightarrow k = k\lambda/2 \int_{0}^{\pi/2}{\sin 2t dt} + 1\\ \Rightarrow k = k\lambda/2+ 1\\ \Rightarrow k = \frac{2}{2-\lambda}

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champ ·

Thank you sir.
But Can you explain this statement ""The number that you have will be a constant multiple of sin x""

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Lokesh Verma ·

I mean it is a definite integral... that is why it will be a constant... so you can simply replace it by a constant....

Only sin x and constant will remain...

hence the whole function iwll be of the form k(sin x)

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champ ·

Do u mean to say we can write sinx + constant=(new constant)*sinx ?

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Philip Calvert ·

@champ

nishant bhaiyya meant

sinx (1 + c) = sinx (k)

and not " sinx + constant=(new constant)*sinx "

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Lokesh Verma ·

yup that is what i meant :P

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