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Final 2010

This document contains instructions for a final exam in applied mathematics. The exam consists of 13 multiple choice questions worth a total of 100 marks. Students are provided with formulas and are instructed not to remove staples or pages from the exam. Questions on the exam include using Fourier series, power series, and differential equations to solve problems, as well as evaluating line integrals, double integrals, and vector calculus concepts like divergence, curl and using theorems like Green's theorem, Stokes' theorem, and the divergence theorem.

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Final 2010

This document contains instructions for a final exam in applied mathematics. The exam consists of 13 multiple choice questions worth a total of 100 marks. Students are provided with formulas and are instructed not to remove staples or pages from the exam. Questions on the exam include using Fourier series, power series, and differential equations to solve problems, as well as evaluating line integrals, double integrals, and vector calculus concepts like divergence, curl and using theorems like Green's theorem, Stokes' theorem, and the divergence theorem.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO

Department of Applied Mathematics

Last Name: First Name: Student Number:

Applied Mathematics 2415 Final Examination

Saturday, April 17, 2010 Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm

There are 13 questions worth a total of 100 marks. Show all your work. Unjustified
answers will receive little or no credit. No text books or notes allowed. Only
scientific non-programmable calculators permitted. All answers should be written on
the exam sheets. Some useful formulas are provided on the last page.
DO NOT REMOVE THE STAPLE OR REMOVE PAGES FROM THE EXAM

. .

Question # marks
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Total
1. (10 marks) Expand the given function, f (x), in a Fourier series

f (x) = x|x|, 1 < x < 1 (1)


2. (10 marks) Use the power series method to solve the initial value problem

(x + 1)y (2 x)y + y = 0 (2)

with y(0) = 2 and y (0) = 1.


3. (10 marks) x = 0 is a regular singular point of the differential equation

9x2 y + 9x2 y + 2y = 0. (3)

Show that the indicial roots of the singularity do not differ by an integer and use the methods
of Frobenius to obtain two linearly independent series solutions about x = 0.
4. (5 marks) If the temperature on a rectangular plate is given by T (x, y) = 100 2x2 y 2 , find
the path a heat-seeking insect would take starting at the point (3, 4) as it moves in the direction
in which the temperature increases most rapidly. Use the fact that if ~r(t) =< x(t), y(t) >
then T =< x (t), y (t) >.
5. (5 marks) Find the curvature of an elliptical helix that is described by the curve

~r(t) = a cos(t)i + b sin(t)j + ck (4)

where a > 0, b > 0 and c > 0 are constants.


6. (5 marks ) Calculate F , F, and F, for F = xz 2 i x2 z 2 j + x2 yz k.
7. (5 marks ) Evaluate the line integral Z
xey ds
C

along a straight line from (0, 0) to (1, 2).


8. (5 marks) Find the work done by the conservative force field
F = (y 2 cos(x) + z 3 )i + (2y sin(x) 4)j + (3xz 2 + 2)k in moving an object along the curve
x = sin1 (t), y = 1 2t, z = 3t 1 for (0 t 1).
9. (5 marks) Evaluate the following double integral
Z Z
x2 + 1dA (5)
R

where R is the region bounded by x = y, x = y, x = 3.
10. (10 marks) Use Greens Theorem to evaluate the line integral
I
xe2x dx + (x4 + 2x2 y 2 )dy
C

where C is the boundary of the region between the circles x2 + y 2 = 1 and x2 + y 2 = 4.


11. (10 marks) Use Stokes Theorem to evaluate
I
F~ d~r (6)
C

where F~ = (2z + x)i + (y z)j + (x + y)k and the curve C is the triangle with vertices (1, 0, 0),
(0, 1, 0) and (0, 0, 1) Assume the positive orientation of the curve C.
12. (10 marks) Find the volume of the object bound by the graphs of x2 +y 2 = 4, x2 +y 2 +z 2 = 16
and z = 0 using a triple integral.
13. (10 marks) Find the outward flux of the vector field F~ = x3 i + y 3 j + z 3 k through S which is
the the surface of the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = a2 .
Useful results:
Z
ln u du = u ln u u + C.

Z
u2 u2
u ln u du = ln u + C.
2 4

Z
u sin u du = sin u u cos u + C.

Z
u cos u du = cos u + u sin u + C.

Curvature:

dT T (t)
= =

ds ~r (t)
Flux of a vector field across an oriented surface:
Z Z
= ~ n dS
F
S

The Divergence Theorem:


Z Z Z Z Z
~ dV =
F ~ n dS
F
D S

Stokess Theorem: I Z Z
~ dr =
F ~ n dS
F
C
.

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