Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 7 - Section 7.1 - Integration by Parts - 7.1 Exercises - Page 478: 70

Answer

It can be proved using integration by parts twice that $$\int_0^a f(x)g''(x) dx=f(a) g'(a)-f'(a) g(a)+\int_0^a{f''(x)g(x) }dx$$

Work Step by Step

Since $f''$ and $g'' $ are continuous we can apply integration by parts on $$\int_0^a f(x)g''(x) dx$$ using the formula $$A= uv-\int{vdu}$$ putting $u=f(x)$ and $dv=g''(x)$ then $$A=[f(x) g'(x)]_{0}^{a}-\int_0^a{f'(x)g'(x) }dx$$ but f(0)=0 then $$A=f(a) g'(a)-\int_0^a{f'(x)g'(x) }dx$$ the second term is also an integral that can be solved by parts thus $$\int_0^a{f'(x)g'(x) }dx=[f'(x) g(x)]_{0}^{a}-\int_0^a{f''(x)g(x) }dx$$ but g(0)=0 thus $$\int_0^a{f'(x)g'(x) }dx=f'(a) g(a)-\int_0^a{f''(x)g(x) }dx$$ then $$A=f(a) g'(a)-f'(a) g(a)+\int_0^a{f''(x)g(x) }dx$$ or $$\int_0^a f(x)g''(x) dx=f(a) g'(a)-f'(a) g(a)+\int_0^a{f''(x)g(x) }dx$$
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