Assignment (MMT – 004)
Course Code: MMT-004
Assignment Code: MMT-004/TMA/2023
Maximum Marks: 100
1. State whether the following statements are True or False. Give reasons for your answers. (10)
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a) The function ϕ( x ) = , 3 ≤ x ≤ 4 is not uniformly continuous.
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b) A complete metric space is a countable collection of nowhere dense sets.
c) The function f : R → R 2 given by f ( x, y) = ( x , x x ) is differentiable at 0.
d) Any Lebesgue intergrable function is always Riemann integrable.
e) The image of any connected set in R 2 under the function f : R 2 → R given by
f ( x, y) = x 2 + y 2 is connected.
2. a) Let A and B be non-empty disjoint closed subsets of a metric space (X, d ). Show that
there exist open sets U ⊃ A and V ⊃ B such that U ∩ V = φ. . (3)
b) Define saddle points. Compute the saddle points of the function f : R 2 → R given by
f ( x, y) = ( y − x 2 ) ( y − 2x 2 ). (3)
∞
sin x
c) State the Lebesgue dominated convergence theorem. Find lim dx. . (4)
n →∞
0
1 + nx 2
3. a) Define components in a metric space. What are all the components of the set of all non-
zero real numbers under the (3)
i) usual metric on R, and
ii) the discrete metric on R ?
b) Find the directional derivation of the function f : R 4 → R 4 defined by
f ( x, y, z, w ) = ( x 2 y, xyz, x 2 + y 2 , zw )
at (1, 2, − 1, − 2) in the direction ~ = (1, 0,−2, 2). (4)
c) Define measurable sets in R. Prove that intervals are measurable. (3)
4. a) If f : X → Y is a continuous map between metric spaces X and Y and K is a compact
subset of X, then show that f(K) is compact. (3)
b) Find the Taylor series expansion of the function f given by
f ( x , y) = x + 2 y + xy − x 2 − y 2
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about the point (1,1). (4)
c) Let f , g ∈ L′(R ), define convolution f * g of f and g. Show that if either f or g is
bounded, then the convolution f * g exists for all x in R and is bounded in R . (3)
5. a) Let {x n } and {y n } be Cauchy sequences in a metric space (X, d ). Show that the
sequence {d( x n , y n )} converges in R. (3)
b) Consider the function f : R 3 → R given by
f ( x, y, z) = x 2 + y 3 − xy sin z.
Prove that the equation f ( x , y, z) = 0 defines a unique continuously differentiable
function of near (1, − 1) such that g (1, − 1) = 0. (3)
c) Define and give an example for each of the following concepts in the context of signals
and systems: (4)
i) A stable system
ii) A time-varying system