Let the function f : [0, 1] $$ \to $$ R be defined by

$$f(x) = {{{4^x}} \over {{4^x} + 2}}$$

Then the value of $$f\left( {{1 \over {40}}} \right) + f\left( {{2 \over {40}}} \right) + f\left( {{3 \over {40}}} \right) + ... + f\left( {{{39} \over {40}}} \right) - f\left( {{1 \over 2}} \right)$$ is ..........

Let the function $$f:(0,\pi ) \to R$$ be defined by $$f(\theta ) = {(\sin \theta + \cos \theta )^2} + {(\sin \theta - \cos \theta )^4}$$

Suppose the function f has a local minimum at $$\theta $$ precisely when $$\theta \in \{ {\lambda _1}\pi ,....,{\lambda _r}\pi \} $$, where $$0 < {\lambda _1} < ...{\lambda _r} < 1$$. Then the value of $${\lambda _1} + ... + {\lambda _r}$$ is .............

Let f : [0, 2] $$ \to $$ R be the function defined by

$$f(x) = (3 - \sin (2\pi x))\sin \left( {\pi x - {\pi \over 4}} \right) - \sin \left( {3\pi x + {\pi \over 4}} \right)$$

If $$\alpha ,\,\beta \in [0,2]$$ are such that $$\{ x \in [0,2]:f(x) \ge 0\} = [\alpha ,\beta ]$$, then the value of $$\beta - \alpha $$ is ..........

For a polynomial g(x) with real coefficients, let m_g denote the number of distinct real roots of g(x). Suppose S is the set of polynomials with real coefficients defined by

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

For a polynomial f, let f' and f'' denote its first and second order derivatives, respectively. Then the minimum possible value of (m_f' + m_f''), where f $$ \in $$ S, is ..............