Jinliang Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 I am stuck on figuring out why the following function is a increasing function when I read a paper. The function is following where where , and the independent variable x is on interval . I have plotted the function curves of f(x) with different c by the following, and found that it seems to be monotonic function. However, it is too hard to me to prove it. The first derivative of f(x) is by the following: The second derivative of f(x) is by the following: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfmotat Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) An increasing function is a function where [math]f'(x)>0[/math] for all [math]x[/math]. So you need to find a way to prove that the derivative of the function is always greater than zero. (Hint: this will be easier to see if you combine those fraction terms into a single fraction.) Edited May 20, 2016 by elfmotat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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