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Calculus (SMD001UM1) End-Sem Exam: Instructors: Rahul Kitture and Manmohan Vashisth

Department of Mathematics, IIT Jammu, India. The end-sem exam for Calculus (SMD001UM1) was held from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM on Marks: 45, instructed by Rahul Kitture and Manmohan Vashisth. Students were required to attempt any 9 questions out of 12, justifying each step clearly and citing references if used.

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Calculus (SMD001UM1) End-Sem Exam: Instructors: Rahul Kitture and Manmohan Vashisth

Department of Mathematics, IIT Jammu, India. The end-sem exam for Calculus (SMD001UM1) was held from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM on Marks: 45, instructed by Rahul Kitture and Manmohan Vashisth. Students were required to attempt any 9 questions out of 12, justifying each step clearly and citing references if used.

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Department of Mathematics, IIT Jammu, India Marks: 45

Instructors: Rahul Kitture and Manmohan Vashisth. Time: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Calculus (SMD001UM1) End-sem exam


• Attempt any 9 questions.

• Justify each step clearly.

• You can refer to the Tutorial problems, class notes or book (write name with page
number), if you are using it. Otherwise, it will not be considered.

7
1. Let {an } be a sequence of real numbers such that |an+1 − an | < |an−1 − an |. Prove
8
that {an } is convergent (give details). (5 Marks)

2. Discuss the convergence of the following series.


∞
X  1 
(a) cos . (2.5 Marks)
n=1
n100
∞
X n!
(b) . (2.5 Marks)
n=1
nn 2n

3. For any integer n > 2, show that f (x) = xn − ax − b can have at most three distinct
roots in R. (5 Marks)

4. Determine the points a ∈ R at which the functions f (x) = | cos(x)| and g(x) = cos(|x|)
are differentiable (write details). (5 Marks)

5. (a) Let f : [−1, 1] → R be a continuous and let


Z 1
an := tn f (t) dt, for n ∈ N.
−1

Check the convergence of the sequence {an }. (3 Marks)


(b) Let
(
1, if x ∈ Q
f (x) =
−1, if x ∈ R \ Q.

Then show that f is not integrable on any interval in R. (2 Marks)


Z 1
6. Let f : [0, 1] → [0, ∞) be a continuous function. Then show that f (x) dx > 0 if and
0
only if there exists at least one point x0 ∈ [0, 1] such that f (x0 ) > 0. (5 Marks)

7. Define f : [1, ∞) → R by
(
1
 
1, if x ∈ n, n + 2n
for n ∈ N
f (x) =
0, otherwise
Z ∞
Then show that the improper integral f (x) dx converges to 1 but the series
P∞ 1
n=1 f (n) is divergent. (5 Marks)

8. Determine if the following function is continuous at (0, 0). (5 Marks)



 x sin(x) sin(y) if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
f (x, y) = x2 + y 2
0 otherwise.

|xy|
9. Let f (x, y) = p .
x + y2 + 1
2

∂f ∂f
(a) Does (0, 0) and (0, 0) exist? (2.5 Marks)
∂x ∂y
(b) Is f differentiable at (0, 0)? (2.5 Marks)

10. Let f, g : R → R be two times-differentiable functions, and let u : R2 → R be given by

u(x, t) := f (x + t) + g(x − t).

Then show that


∂ 2u ∂ 2u
(x, t) − (x, t) = 0 for (x, t) ∈ R2
∂t2 ∂x2
(5 Marks)

11. Find the point on the line passing through (1, 0, 0) and (0, 1, 0) that is closest to the
line through (0, 0, 0) and (1, 1, 1). (5 Marks)

12. Find the extreme values of the function f (x, y) = x3 − x + y 2 − 2y on the closed
triangular region with vertices at (−1, 0), (1, 0) and (0, 2). (5 Marks)

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