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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2004 Paper 2 4 b ii Solution by
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The fourth Chebyshev polynomial eliminates the parameter:Its derivatives are and . The interior stationary points are a local maximum at , and two minima at . At the maximum , while at either minimum .
The two inflection points areThe curvature changes sign there. The endpoint limits are , at ; they are excluded from the open curve. The central maximum and the two minima are also the attained global extremal values on that open curve.
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