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CQF January 2014 Maths Primer Calculus Exercises

This mathematics primer provides 11 calculus exercises involving limits, derivatives, integrals, and partial derivatives. The exercises cover topics like differentiation, integration using substitutions, Taylor series expansions, and applying the chain rule to composite functions.

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CQF January 2014 Maths Primer Calculus Exercises

This mathematics primer provides 11 calculus exercises involving limits, derivatives, integrals, and partial derivatives. The exercises cover topics like differentiation, integration using substitutions, Taylor series expansions, and applying the chain rule to composite functions.

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Mathematics Primer Exercises

1 Calculus Problem Sheet


x 2
1. Consider two functions f (x) = 9x + 2 and g (x) = 9 9: Show that they
are functions of one another.
2. Obtain the inverse of the function f (x) = x1=3 + 2:
3. Calculate the following limits:
p 3
x2 4 x2 x x+5 (x + h) x3
lim lim 2 lim lim
x!2 x 2 x!1 2x + 5x 7 x! 25 x 25 h!0 h
h3 + 8 (1=t) 1
lim lim lim
p x2 + 3 (x 4)
h! 2 h + 2 t!1 t 1 x! 2

4. Using the de…nition of the derivative, show that for


y = 2x + 1; y 0 = 2
1 1
f (x) = ; f 0 (x) = 2
x 2 (x 2)
g (x) = jx 5j ; no derivative exists at x = 5

dy
5. Di¤erentiate the following functions y; to obtain where :
dx
q
5 1 2
y = x2 y 4 + 3y 4x3 = 5x + 1
3
4x + 2 y= 3 y = ln (2x + 5)
(4x2 + 6x 7)
2 3x2 x + 2
y = cos (4 3x) y = x exp(x) y=
4x2 + 5

6. Calculate the following


Z Z 1 Z 2
p p p 2s 7
x x2 4x + 2 dx (3 x + 1) ( x 2) dx ds
s3
Z 2 2 Z4 5 Z 1
x 1 5x 12
dx j2x 3j dx dx
3 x 1 1 x (x 4)

7. By using suitable substitutions (change of variable), evaluate the following


Z Z Z p 4
3 x2 + x ( u + 3)
3 x4 x3 dx 4 dx p du
(4 3x2 2x3 ) u
Z 3 Z Z
1 1 2
1+ du x exp x dx sin x exp (cos x) dx
u u2

1
8. If f (x; y) = (x y) sin (3x + 2y) ; determine fx ; f y ; fxx ; fyy ; fxy ; fyx :
Now evaluate these expressions at (0; =3) :
2 2
9. Show that z = ln (x a) + (y b) satis…es

@2z @2z
+ =0
@x2 @y 2

except at (a; b) :
10. Obtain Taylor series expansions for the following functions about the given
point x0 : If no point is given, then expand about the point 0 (in which
case you can use standard Taylor series expansions)

f (x) = x2 sin x f (x) = cos x; x0 = =3 f (x) = exp x; x0 = 3


1 3 x2 + 1
f (x) = f (x) = f (x) =
1 4x 2x + 5 x 1

11. If U (x; y; z) = 2x2 yz + xz 2 ; where x = 2 sin t; y = t2 t + 1; z =


3 exp ( t) ;
dU
…nd at t = 0:
dt
12. Given w = f (x; y) ; x = r cos ; y = r sin ; show that
2 2 2 2
@w 1 @w @w @w
+ = +
@r r2 @ @x @y

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