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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2003 Paper 1 3 a Solution by
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For , the product rule gives , so the stationary points occur at . Its sign is negative for and positive for . ConsequentlyThey are also the global extrema, since the function tends to zero at both infinities and is a monotone function on the intervals just identified. At zero the derivative does not change sign. Since , is a stationary inflection point, not an extremum.
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