Step 1: Analyze the Functional Equation
We are given the functional equation:
$$f(x) + f(x + 2) = 0 \implies f(x + 2) = -f(x)$$
Replacing x with x + 2:
$$f(x + 4) = -f(x + 2) = -(-f(x)) = f(x)$$
This proves that $$f(x)$$ is a periodic function with a fundamental period of $$T = 4$$.
Step 2: Split the Main Integral
Using the linearity property of integration, we break the given integral I into two separate parts:
$$I = \int_{0}^{2026} f(x) \, dx + \int_{0}^{2026} \{x\} \, dx$$
Let $$I = I_1 + I_2$$, where:
$$I_1 = \int_{0}^{2026} f(x) \, dx$$
$$I_2 = \int_{0}^{2026} \{x\} \, dx$$
Step 3: Evaluate $$I_1$$
Since $$f(x)$$ has a period of 4, we express the upper limit 2026 in terms of the period:
$$2026 = 4 \times 506 + 2$$
Using the periodic integral property where the integral from $$0$$ to $$nT + a$$ of $$f(x) dx$$ = n times the integral from 0 to T of $$f(x) dx$$ + the integral from 0 to a of $$f(x) dx$$:
$$I_1 = 506 \int_{0}^{4} f(x) \, dx + \int_{0}^{2} f(x) \, dx$$
Let's evaluate the integral over one full period, from 0 to 4 of $$f(x) dx$$:
$$\int_{0}^{4} f(x) \, dx = \int_{0}^{2} f(x) \, dx + \int_{2}^{4} f(x) \, dx$$
For the second integral, substitute $$x = t + 24$, which gives dx = dt:
When $$x = 2, t = 0$$
When $$x = 4, t = 2$$
$$\int_{2}^{4} f(x) \, dx = \int_{0}^{2} f(t+2) \, dt = \int_{0}^{2} -f(t) \, dt = -\int_{0}^{2} f(x) \, dx$$
Substituting this back:
$$\int_{0}^{4} f(x) \, dx = \int_{0}^{2} f(x) \, dx - \int_{0}^{2} f(x) \, dx = 0$$
Thus, $$I_1$$ simplifies cleanly to:
$$I_1 = 506(0) + \int_{0}^{2} f(x) \, dx = \int_{0}^{2} f(x) \, dx$$
Given that the integral from 0 to 2 of f(x) dx = 5:
$$I_1 = 5$$
Step 4: Evaluate $$I_2$$
The fractional part function $$\{x\}$$ is periodic with a fundamental period of $$T = 1$$.
Using the periodic property:
$$I_2 = \int_{0}^{2026} \{x\} \, dx = 2026 \int_{0}^{1} \{x\} \, dx$$
In the domain where x belongs to [0, 1), \{x\} = x. Therefore:
$$\int_{0}^{1} \{x\} \, dx = \int_{0}^{1} x \, dx = \left[ \frac{x^2}{2} \right]_{0}^{1} = \frac{1}{2}$$
Substituting this value back into $$I_2$$:
$$I_2 = 2026 \times \frac{1}{2} = 1013$$
Step 5: Combine $$I_1$$ and $$I_2$$
$$I = I_1 + I_2$$
$$I = 5 + 1013 = 1018$$