The abscissa of the points of the curve $y = {x^3}$ in the interval $ [-2, 2]$, where the slope of the tangents can be obtained by mean value theorem for the interval  $[-2, 2], $ are

Examine if Rolle's Theorem is applicable to any of the following functions. Can you say some thing about the converse of Roller's Theorem from these examples?

$f(x)=x^{2}-1$ for $x \in[1,2]$

Verify Mean Value Theorem, if $f(x)=x^{2}-4 x-3$ in the interval $[a, b],$ where $a=1$ and $b=4$

In which of the following functions Rolle’s theorem is applicable ?

Let $f (x)$ and $g (x)$ be two continuous functions defined from $R \rightarrow R$, such that $f (x_1) > f (x_2)$ and $g (x_1) < g (x_2), \forall x_1 > x_2$ , then solution set of $f\,\left( {\,g({\alpha ^2} - 2\alpha )\,} \right) >f\,\left( {\,g(3\alpha - 4)\,} \right)$ is

For a polynomial $g ( x )$ with real coefficient, let $m _{ g }$ denote the number of distinct real roots of $g ( x )$. Suppose $S$ is the set of polynomials with real coefficient defined by

$S=\left\{\left(x^2-1\right)^2\left(a_0+a_1 x+a_2 x^2+a_3 x^3\right): a_0, a_1, a_2, a_3 \in R\right\} \text {. }$

For a polynomial $f$, let $f^{\prime}$ and $f^{\prime \prime}$ denote its first and second order derivatives, respectively. Then the minimum possible value of $\left(m_f+m_{f^{\prime}}\right)$, where $f \in S$, is. . . . . . . .