If a function $f(x) = \begin{cases} \frac{\sqrt[3]{1+ax^2+bx^3}-\sqrt[3]{1-ax^2-bx^3}}{x^2}, & x < 0 \\ 5, & x=0 \\ \frac{\tan 3x - \sin 3x}{bx^3}, & x > 0 \end{cases}$ is continuous at $x=0$,then the geometric mean of $a$ and $b$ is

If $[x]$ denotes the greatest integer not exceeding the number $x$,then $f(x)$ defined by $f(x) = \begin{cases} [x], & \text{if } x < 2 \\ [x]-1, & \text{if } x \geq 2 \end{cases}$ is continuous in the interval.

If $f(x) = \begin{cases} \frac{\sqrt{1+mx} - \sqrt{1-mx}}{x}, & -1 \le x < 0 \\ \frac{2x+1}{x-2}, & 0 \le x \le 1 \end{cases}$ is continuous in the interval $[-1, 1]$,then $m$ is equal to:

If $f(x) = \begin{cases} \frac{x - |x|}{x}, & x \ne 0 \\ 2, & x = 0 \end{cases}$,then

Let $f:(0, \pi) \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a function given by
$f(x)=\begin{cases} (\frac{8}{7})^{\frac{\tan 8x}{\tan 7x}}, & 0 < x < \frac{\pi}{2} \\ a-8, & x=\frac{\pi}{2} \\ (1+|\cot x|)^{\frac{b}{a}|\tan x|}, & \frac{\pi}{2} < x < \pi \end{cases}$
Where $a, b \in \mathbb{Z}$. If $f$ is continuous at $x=\frac{\pi}{2}$,then $a^2+b^2$ is equal to ..........

Let $f: R \to R$ be a function defined by $f(x) = [x] \cos \left( \frac{2x - 1}{2} \pi \right)$,where $[x]$ denotes the greatest integer function. Then $f$ is: