EXAMINATION PAPER
Examination Session: Year: Exam Code:
May 2016 MATH1551-WE01
Title:
Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists
Time Allowed: 3 hours
Additional Material provided: Formula sheet
Materials Permitted: None
Calculators Permitted: Use of electronic calculators is forbidden.
Visiting Students may use dictionaries: Yes
Instructions to Candidates: Credit will be given for your answers to each question.
All questions carry the same marks.
Revision:
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1. (i) Express the complex number ( 3 − i)11 in the form a + ib where a, b ∈ R.
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(ii) Let z = 1 + 2 + i. Find z 2 and hence find the argument of z.
(iii) Find all complex solutions to the equation sin(2z) = 2.
2. (i) Evaluate the limit
3x3 − 2x2 + 3
lim .
x→∞ (2x − 1)(4x2 − 3x + 3)
(ii) Use the definition of the derivative of a function f (x),
f (x + h) − f (x)
f 0 (x) = lim
h→0 h
to show that f (x) = x3 is differentiable and to find its derivative from first
principles.
(iii) Evaluate the following limit
x2 − πx + 14 π 2
lim .
x→π/2 sin x − 1
(iv) State the rule for finding the nth derivative of a product f (x) = u(x)v(x) and
e2x
use it to find the 3rd derivative of f (x) = with respect to x.
x
2
3. (i) Find the degree 6 Taylor polynomial of f (x) = esin(x ) about x = 0.
(ii) Estimate the maximum error in using the degree 1 Taylor polynomial p1,0 (x)
about x = 0 to approximate the function f (x) = e− cos x over the interval
0 ≤ x ≤ π/2.
(iii) Starting with an initial estimate x0 = 1 for the solution to ex = 2 + x2 , find a
first improvement using the Newton-Raphson method.
(You may leave your answer in terms of e.)
(iv) A force F = i + 3j − 2k acts on a particle which is displaced by the vector
d = 2i + j − k. Calculate the work done by the force and the cosine of the
angle between F and d.
4. (i) Find a parametric equation for the line of intersection of the planes x+y+z = 3
and 2x − y − 2z = −1.
(ii) A plane contains the three points (1, 2, 3), (2, 3, 4) and (1, 0, 4). Find a vector
normal to the plane and hence find a Cartesian equation for the plane.
(iii) Let f (x, y) = x2 + y 2 where x = eu + e−v and y = cos(u + v). Use the chain
rule to compute ∂f /∂u and ∂f /∂v.
(iv) Find the general solution of the following differential equation
2
y 0 + 2xy = e−x cos x.
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5. Find the general solution of the following differential equation
dy
x = y(log |y| − log |x|) + y.
dx
Find the solution which satisfies y(1) = e2 .
6. (i) Find all the critical points of the function
f (x, y) = x3 − 3xy 2 + y 3 − 4y
and identify each as a local minimum, local maximum or saddle point.
(ii) Determine whether the following matrix is positive definite
1 2 2
2 5 2 .
2 2 1
7. (i) Find the eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenspaces of the following matrix
2 2
.
2 −1
(ii) Determine whether or not the following subset of R3 is (a) a linearly indepen-
dent set and (b) a spanning set of R3 :
1 1 2 0
S = −2 , 3 , 1 , −2 .
0 1 1 1
8. (i) Rearrange the following system of equations into a form you know will converge
under the SOR iteration method for any choice of x(0) , stating why. Write out
the resulting SOR iteration with ω = 0.5 and hence find x(1) where x(0) =
(2, 1, 1)T
x1 + 4x2 + 2x3 = 13;
−2x1 − 3x2 + 10x3 = −2;
3x1 − x2 − x3 = 6
2 +yz
(ii) Find div f at (2, 1, 1) where f (x, y, z) = (x cos y sin z, log(xy + z −1 ), ex ).
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