Prove g(0)=0 from f'(x).(fg)(f(x))=g'(f(x)).f'(x)

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Suppose that f and g are differentiable functions satisfying
##\displaystyle \int_{0}^{f(x)} (fg)(t) \, \mathrm{d}t=g(f(x))##
Prove that g(0)=0
now if f(x)=0 in some point then it's straigh forward that g(f(x))=g(0)=0 anyways:
differentiating the first formula we get the following equation :

f'(x).(fg)(f(x))=g'(f(x)).f'(x)

let's suppose that f'(x)=0 , thus f is constant i.e f(x)=c, if c=0 we are done , g(0)=0 , if c=/=0 then :

##\displaystyle \int_{0}^{c} fg(t) \, \mathrm{d}t##=g(c)

##\displaystyle \int_{0}^{c} g(t) \, \mathrm{d}t##=g(c)/c, **i'm stuck here** , how can we prove that g(0)=0 (or get a contradiction) from this equation?

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Are you sure you mean f(t)g(t) on the left hand side and not f(g(t))? what does the actualy question state
 
I think you need to add the assumption that f'(x)\neq 0 I think then it works, as someone posted on your stack exchange (link you posted)
 
Theorem. said:
I think you need to add the assumption that f'(x)\neq 0 I think then it works, as someone posted on your stack exchange (link you posted)

I'm not convinced yet. If f(x) = 0 for some x then the result is trivial, so suppose f(x) >= c > 0 for all x. The equation f′(x)f(f(x))g(f(x))=g′(f(x))f′(x), after cancelling f'(x), leads to f(f(x))g(f(x))=g′(f(x)). The deduction that f(y)g(y) = g'(y) is only valid for the range of f. In particular, it's not valid for 0 < y < c.
 
haruspex said:
I'm not convinced yet. If f(x) = 0 for some x then the result is trivial, so suppose f(x) >= c > 0 for all x. The equation f′(x)f(f(x))g(f(x))=g′(f(x))f′(x), after cancelling f'(x), leads to f(f(x))g(f(x))=g′(f(x)). The deduction that f(y)g(y) = g'(y) is only valid for the range of f. In particular, it's not valid for 0 < y < c.

Yeah I know, I wasn't too sure about that either...
It seems like the question is missing something: maybe the requirement that f be surjective. Does anyone else have any comments on this?
 
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