HMMT 二月 2011 · CALCCOMB 赛 · 第 8 题
HMMT February 2011 — CALCCOMB Round — Problem 8
题目详情
英文原题
- Let f : [0 , 1) → R be a function that satisfies the following condition: if
∞
∑
x = = .a a a . . .na
1 2 3
10 nn =1
is the decimal expansion of x and there does not exist a positive integer k such that a = 9 for allnn ≥ k , then
∞
∑
f ( x ) = .na
2 nn =110
( )
′1
Determine f . 3
解析
英文解析
- Let f : [0 , 1) → R be a function that satisfies the following condition: if
∞
∑
x = = .a a a . . .na
1 2 3
10 nn =1
is the decimal expansion of x and there does not exist a positive integer k such that a = 9 for allnn ≥ k , then
∞
∑
f ( x ) = .na
2 nn =110
( )
′1
Determine f .
∑3
∞
1 3
Answer: 0 Note that = .
n =1 n
3 10
Clearly f is an increasing function. Also for any integer n ≥ 1, we see from decimal expansions that
1 1 1 1
f ( ± ) − f ( ) = ± .
n 2 n
3 10 3 10 − n − 1 − n 1
Consider h such that 10 ≤ | h | < 10 . The two properties of f outlined above show that | f ( +
∣ ∣3
1 1
∣ f ( + h ) − f ( ) ∣
1 1 1 1
n +1
3 3
h ) − f ( ) | < . And from | | ≤ 10 , we get < . Taking n → ∞ gives h → 0
∣ ∣
2 n n − 1
3 10 h h 10
′ 1 1
and f ( ) = lim = 0.
n − 1
n →∞
3 10