Mathematics I
Full Marks: 80
Pass Marks: 32
Time: 3 hours
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable. The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Attempt all questions.
Verify Rolle’s theorem for the function $f(x) = \frac{x^3}{3} - 3x$ on the interval $[-3, 3]$.
Obtain the area between two curves $y = \sec^{2}x$ and $y = \sin x$ from $x = 0$ to $x = \pi/4$.
Test the convergence of $p$ - series $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n^p}$ for $p > 1$.
Find the eccentricity of the hyperbola $9x^2 - 16y^2 = 144$.
Find a vector perpendicular to the plane of $P(1, -1, 0)$, $Q(2, 1, -1)$ and $R(-1, 1, 2)$.
Find the area enclosed by the curve $r^2 = 4\cos 2\theta$.
Obtain the values of $\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}$ and $\frac{\partial f}{\partial y}$ at the point $(4, -5)$ if $f(x,y) = x^2 + 3xy + y - 1$.
Using partial derivatives, find $\frac{dy}{dx}$ if $x^2 + \cos y - y^2 = 0$.
Find the partial differential equation of the function $(x - a)^2 + (y - b)^2 + z^2 = c^2$.
Solve the partial differential equation $x^{2}p + q = z^2$.
State and prove the mean value theorem for a differential function.
Find the length of the Asteroid $x = \cos^3t$, $y = \sin^3t$ for $0 \leq t \geq 2\pi$.
Define a curvature of a curve. Prove that the curvature of a circle of radius $a$ is $1/a$.
What is meant by direction derivative in the plain? Obtain the derivative of the function
$f(x,y) = x^2 + xy$ at $P(1, 2)$ in the direction of the unit vector $v = \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\right)i + \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\right)j$
Find the center of mass of a solid of constant density $\delta$, bounded below by the disk: $x^2 + y^2 = 4$ in the plane $z = 0$ and above by the paraboloid $z = 4 - x^2 - y^2$.
Graph the function $f(x) = -x^3 + 12x + 5$ for $-3 \leq x \leq 3$.
Define Taylor’s polynomial of order $n$. Obtain Taylor’s polynomial and Taylor’s series generated by the function $f(x) = e^x$ at $x = 0$.
Obtain the centroid and the region in the first quadrant that is bounded above by the line $y = x$ and below by the parabola $y = x^2$.
Find the maximum and the minimum values of $f(x, y) = 2xy - 2y^2 - 5x^2 + 4x - 4$. Also find the saddle point if it exists.
OR
Evaluate the integral $\int_0^{\sqrt{2}} \int_{0}^{3y} \int_{x^2 - 3y^2}^{6 - x^2 - y^2} dz dx dy$
What do you mean by d’ Alembert’s solution of the one-dimensional wave equation? Derive it.
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Find the particular integral of the equation $(D^2 - D^1)z = 2y - x^2$ where $D = \frac{\partial}{\partial x}$, $D’ = \frac{\partial}{\partial y}$.
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