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Putnam 1964 A2

Source: Putnam 1964

March 5, 2022
Putnamintegrationsystem of equations

Problem Statement

Find all continuous positive functions f(x)f(x), for 0x10\leq x \leq 1, such that 01f(x)  dx=1,\int_{0}^{1} f(x)\; dx =1, 01xf(x)  dx=α,\int_{0}^{1} xf(x)\; dx =\alpha, 01x2f(x)  dx=α2,\int_{0}^{1} x^2 f(x)\; dx =\alpha^2, where α\alpha is a given real number.