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Let $$f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$$ be a function defined by
$$f(x) = \begin{cases} x^2 \sin\left(\frac{\pi}{x^2}\right), & \text{if } x \neq 0, \\ 0, & \text{if } x = 0. \end{cases}$$
Then which of the following statements is TRUE?
The given function is
$$f(x)=\begin{cases}x^{2}\sin\!\left(\dfrac{\pi}{x^{2}}\right), & x\ne 0,\\[4pt] 0, & x=0.\end{cases}$$
For $$x\ne 0$$ the factor $$x^{2}$$ is never zero, so the zeros of $$f(x)$$ (apart from $$x=0$$) come only from the sine term:
$$\sin\!\left(\dfrac{\pi}{x^{2}}\right)=0 \;\Longrightarrow\; \dfrac{\pi}{x^{2}}=n\pi,\; n\in\mathbb{Z}.$$ Cancelling $$\pi$$ (and discarding $$n=0$$ because it would give the undefined value $$x=\infty$$) we get
$$\dfrac{1}{x^{2}}=n,\; n=1,2,3,\dots$$ $$\Longrightarrow\; x=\pm\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{n}}.$$
Therefore, for positive $$x$$ the zeros are exactly
$$x_{n}=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{n}},\quad n=1,2,3,\dots$$
We now test each option.
Option A: $$f(x)=0$$ has infinitely many solutions in $$\Bigl[\dfrac{1}{10^{10}},\infty\Bigr).$$
The condition $$x_{n}\ge\dfrac{1}{10^{10}}$$ gives
$$\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{n}}\ge\dfrac{1}{10^{10}}
\;\Longrightarrow\;
\sqrt{n}\le 10^{10}
\;\Longrightarrow\;
n\le 10^{20}.$$
There are only $$10^{20}$$ such integers, a (very) large but finite number. Hence Option A is false.
Option B: $$f(x)=0$$ has no solutions in $$\Bigl[\dfrac{1}{\pi},\infty\Bigr).$$
Require
$$x_{n}\ge\dfrac{1}{\pi}
\;\Longrightarrow\;
\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{n}}\ge\dfrac{1}{\pi}
\;\Longrightarrow\;
\sqrt{n}\le\pi
\;\Longrightarrow\;
n\le\pi^{2}\approx 9.87.$$
The integers $$n=1,2,\dots,9$$ all satisfy this, so there are nine zeros in the stated interval. Hence Option B is false.
Option C: The set of solutions of $$f(x)=0$$ in $$\Bigl(0,\dfrac{1}{10^{10}}\Bigr)$$ is finite.
Here we need
$$x_{n}\lt\dfrac{1}{10^{10}}
\;\Longrightarrow\;
\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{n}}\lt\dfrac{1}{10^{10}}
\;\Longrightarrow\;
\sqrt{n}\gt 10^{10}
\;\Longrightarrow\;
n\gt 10^{20}.$$
All integers $$n=10^{20}+1,10^{20}+2,\dots$$ work, and there are infinitely many of them. So Option C is false.
Option D: $$f(x)=0$$ has more than 25 solutions in $$\Bigl(\dfrac{1}{\pi^{2}},\dfrac{1}{\pi}\Bigr).$$
The inequalities
$$\dfrac{1}{\pi^{2}}\lt x_{n}\lt\dfrac{1}{\pi}$$
give
$$\dfrac{1}{\pi^{2}}\lt\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{n}}\lt\dfrac{1}{\pi}
\;\Longrightarrow\;
\pi\lt\sqrt{n}\lt\pi^{2}
\;\Longrightarrow\;
\pi^{2}\lt n\lt\pi^{4}.$$
Numerically,
$$\pi^{2}\approx 9.87,\qquad
\pi^{4}\approx 97.41.$$
Thus $$n=10,11,\dots,97$$ are all admissible—there are
$$97-10+1=88$$
such integers, far exceeding 25. Therefore Option D is true.
Hence the only correct statement is:
Option D which is: $$f(x)=0$$ has more than 25 solutions in the interval $$\Bigl(\dfrac{1}{\pi^{2}},\dfrac{1}{\pi}\Bigr).$$
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