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why it is written continuous in closed interval and differentiable in open interval in rolle's and langrange's theorem.?

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13 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of rohan rao
13 Years ago

Functions are usually not considered to be differentiable at the end points of the domain. Thus the wording is as such.

Profile image of Vikas TU
13 Years ago

Condition should satisfy the eqn. on applying Roll''s theorem and langranges!

thus it is!

Profile image of FITJEE
13 Years ago

In calculus, Rolle''s theorem essentially states that a differentiable function which attains equal values at two distinct points must have apoint somewhere between them where the first derivative (the slope of the tangent line to the graph of the function) is zero.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard version of the theorem 

If a real-valued function f is continuous on aclosed interval [ab], differentiable on the open interval (ab), and f(a) = f(b), then there exists a c in the open interval (ab) such that

f''(c) = 0.\,

This version of Rolle''s theorem is used to prove the mean value theorem, of which Rolle''s theorem is indeed a special case. It is also the basis for the proof of Taylor''s theorem.