Saad Dahlab University First year Engineer ST Department
Module: Analysis 1 Academic year: 2025-2026
Exercises worksheet Nº4
Differentiability
Exercise 1: Apply the L’Hopital’s Rule and compute the following limits:
√ √
eax − ax − 1 sin( x) − x cos3 (x) tan (x)
lim , a ∈ R∗ , lim+ , lim π , lim .
x→0 ax2 x→0 x +x
2 π
x→ 2 x −
2
x→π ln x
π
Exercise 2: Are the conditions of Rolle’s theorem hold for the following functions:
1 1
if 0 ≤ x ≤ 1
f1 (x) = x − 4 x on ]0, 4[, f2 (x) = 2x − x
2
if 1 < x ≤ 2. on ]0, 2[, f3 (x) = x + x , on ] , 4[.
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Exercise 3 : Define a function f on [−1, +∞[ as follows:
√
1+x
if − 1 ≤ x ≤ 0,
f (x) =
cos(πx) + ax + b if x > 0.
a, b ∈ R.
1. Determine a and b such that f is continuous and differentiable at x0 = 0.
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2. Put a = and b = 0. Using Rolle’s theorem and show that f 0 (x) = 0 has at least a solution in
2
i −15 1 h
, .
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Exercise 4: Show the next inequalities by using the mean value Theorem (M.V.T):
1. ∀x > 0, x + 1 < e x < xe x + 1
2−x ln(3 − x)
2. ∀x < 2, < ln(3 − x) < 2 − x then conclude the limit: lim−
3−x x→2 x−2
√
x−1 √ x−1
3. ∀x > 1 √ < x−1< .
2 x 2
Exercise 5: Let f be a function defined on R by
1 5
x + 2 x2 − 1
f (x) =
10
1. Calculate f 0 the derivative of f over its domain of differentiability.
2. Set up the table of variations related to f over its domain.
3. Conclude that f is a bijective function from [0, +∞[ to [−1, +∞[.
4. Determine the domain definition of f −1 and then conclude the variation of f −1 .
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0
5. Calculate f (1), f (1) and then conclude f −1
.
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6. Deduce ( f ) after verifying the differentiability of f −1 at x0 = .
−1 0
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Exercise 6 (additional): Consider a function g defined on R by
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g(x) = (e x + e−x ).
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1. Set up the table of variations related to g.
2. Determine the interval J such that g : [0, +∞[→ J be a bijective function.
3. Determine the inverse function g−1 (domain, codomain and the expression).
4. Compute the derivative of the inverse function i.e (g−1 )0 by two methods.