HL Paper 3
The function f is defined on the domain .
a. Show that . [4]
b. (i) Find the Maclaurin series for up to and including the term in . [7]
(ii) Explain briefly why your result shows that f is neither an even function nor an odd function.
c. Determine the value of . [3]
The integral is defined by .
a. Show that . [6]
b. By letting , show that . [4]
c. Hence determine the exact value of . [5]
a. Given that , show that . [5]
b. Hence, by repeated differentiation of the above differential equation, find the Maclaurin series for y as far as the term in , showing that [11]
two of the terms are zero.
The function is defined by .
By finding a suitable number of derivatives of , determine the first non-zero term in its Maclaurin series.
Let .
a. Show that . [4]
b. By further differentiation of the result in part (a) , find the Maclaurin expansion of , as far as the term in . [6]
Let , .
a. Prove that f is continuous but not differentiable at the point (0, 0) . [7]
b. Determine the value of where . [3]
The curves and both pass through the point and are defined by the differential equations and
respectively.
a. Show that the tangent to the curve at the point is normal to the curve at the point . [2]
b. Find . [6]
c. Use Euler’s method with steps of to estimate to decimal places. [5]
d. Explain why cannot cross the isocline , for . [3]
e. (i) Sketch the isoclines . [4]
(ii) On the same set of axes, sketch the graph of .
a. Consider the functions and . [5]
(i) Find .
(ii) Find .
(iii) Hence, show that is increasing on .
b. Consider the differential equation [12]
(i) Find the general solution of the differential equation in the form .
(ii) Show that the particular solution passing through the point with coordinates is given by .
(iii) Sketch the graph of your solution for , clearly indicating any asymptotes and any maximum or minimum points.
