28: The domain is
D( f ) = ℝ.
The second derivative is
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Dividing points: The equation
f ′′(x) = 0 is best solved by replacing
cosine squared with 1 − sin2:
f ′′(x) = 4sin2(x) − 2sin(x) − 2
and then substituting y for sine. The resulting quadratic equation
has roots y = 1 and
y = −1/2, which yields
dividing points
x = π/2 + 2kπ,
x = 7π/6 + 2kπ,
x = 11π/6 + 2kπ.
There are no points in D( f ) where the second
derivative does not exist.
The function is
2π-periodic, so
you get to see concavity best if you draw the chart for, say,
two neighboring periods.
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