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Old May 31st, 2007, 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by ecMathGeek View Post
f(x) = Ae^x
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ecMathGeeks proposed solution satisfies the integral equation (ish)
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So you have shown that if f(t) = Ae^t, then:

A^2e^{2x}= A^2(e^{2x} - 1)
Then A = 0. So ecMathGeeks proposed solution does not satisfy the integral equation for any A, which the second post seems to imply, only when f(x) = Ae^x = 0. Is that what is going on here?
Last edited by JakeD; May 31st, 2007 at 01:46 AM.