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This document contains 11 problems related to calculus topics like uniform continuity, derivatives, tangent vectors, normals, curvature, arc length, and kinematics of circular motion. The problems cover mathematical concepts like showing a function is uniformly continuous on a domain, taking derivatives of vector-valued functions, finding tangent/normal/binormal vectors of curves, reparametrizing curves by arc length, and deriving equations of motion for an object moving in a circle.

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This document contains 11 problems related to calculus topics like uniform continuity, derivatives, tangent vectors, normals, curvature, arc length, and kinematics of circular motion. The problems cover mathematical concepts like showing a function is uniformly continuous on a domain, taking derivatives of vector-valued functions, finding tangent/normal/binormal vectors of curves, reparametrizing curves by arc length, and deriving equations of motion for an object moving in a circle.

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MA 102 (Mathematics II)

Department of Mathematics, IIT Guwahati


Tutorial Sheet No. 3 January 27, 2017

(1) Let f : A Rn R. Show that f is uniformly continuous if and only if for every (Xk ) A
and (Yk ) A such that kXk Yk k 0 = |f (Xk ) f (Yk )| 0 as k .
(2) Let D be a closed and bounded subset of Rn . Prove that if f : D R is continuous then
it is uniformly continuous.
(3) Show that the function f : Rn R (n > 1) defined by f (X) = sin(kXk2 ) is not uniformly
continuous on Rn .
(Thus, the function f (x, y) := sin(x2 + y 2 ) is not uniformly continuous on R2 .)

(4) Show that g(x) := x is uniformly continuous on [0, ) but is not Lipschitz continuous.

Prove that x is Lipschitz continuous on [1, ).
(5) Let F : S R R3 and G : S R R3 where S is an open set in R. Let t0 S. Prove
that (F G)0 (t0 ) = (F 0 (t0 ) G(t0 )) + (F (t0 ) G0 (t0 )).
(The cross product of F and G at t is defined as the cross product of the vectors F (t) and
G(t), that is, (F G)(t) := F (t) G(t).)
(6) The kinetic energy of an object with a constant mass m and position vector r(t) Rn at
time t R is given by K(t) = 21 mv 2 (t), where v(t) = kr0 (t)k. Determine K 0 (t).
(7) Find the arc length of the following curves.
(a) r() = (2 cos2 , 2 cos sin ), 0 .
(b) r(t) = (t2 , t3 ), 1 t 2.
(8) Reparametrize the following curves in terms of arc length.
2 3
(a) r(t) = t i + t k
2 3
(0 t 2)
(b) r(t) = (2 cos t) i + (2 sin t) j (0 t 2).
(9) Find T (t), N (t) and for the circular helix F (t) = (a cos(t), a sin(t), b t) in the space
where a > 0 and b > 0.
(10) Consider the curve r(t) = t i + t2 j + 2 3
t Find the equations of the unit tangent,
k.
3
2
principal normal, and binormal to this curve at the point (1, 1, 3
). For this curve show
that the curvature = 2(1 + 2t2 )2 .
(11) An object moves counterclockwise along a circle of radius r0 > 0 with a constant speed
v0 > 0. Set up the coordinate system so that the circle lies in the xy-plane with the
origin as its center and so that the object is on the positive x-axis at time 0 and moves
counterclockwise around the circle. Show that the position vector of the object is given by
 
R(t) = r0 cos(v0 t/r0 ) i + sin(v0 t/r0 ) j . Find formulas for the velocity and acceleration
of the object.

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