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Department of Mathematics
Semester- III
QUESTION BANK - BMATE301

MODULE-1
Fourier series

1. Expand f ( x )= √ 1−cos x ,0< x< 2 π in the Fourier series. Hence evaluate

1 1 1
+ + ++ … … … . (Dec14/Jan15)
1.3 3.5 5.7

{
2x
∈−π ≤ x ≤ 0
1+
f ( x ) = π
2. Obtain the Fourier series for the function and hence deduce
2x
1− ∈0 ≤ x ≤ π
π
2
1 1 1 π
2
+ 2 + 2 + … … … .= . (June/July2012)
1 3 5 8
3. Find the Fourier series of f ( x )=x −x2 ,−π ≤ x ≤ π . Hence deduce that
2
1 1 1 π
2
− 2 + 2 −… … … .= . (May/June2010)
1 2 3 12
4. Expand f ( x )=x sin x as a Fourier series in the interval (−π , π ), hence deduce the
following
π 2 2 2
i ¿ =1+ − + −… … …
2 1.3 3.5 5.7
π −2 1 1 1
ii ¿ = − + −+… … … . (May/June2010, June/July 2008)
4 1.3 3.5 5.7

{
∞
−π ,−π < x <0 π2 1
5. Obtain the Fourier expansion of f ( x ) = and hence =∑ .
x , 0< x < π 8 n =1 ( 2 n−1 )2
(June/July 2007)

( )
2
π −x
6. Obtain the Fourier series of f ( x )= in the interval (0 , 2 π ) and deduce that
2
2
1 1 1 π
2
+ 2 + 2 + … …= . (June/July 2006)
1 2 3 6
7. Find the Fourier series for the function f ( x )=| x| in(−π , π ), hence deduce that
∞
π2 1
=∑ . (Dec13/Jan14)
8 n =1 ( 2 n−1 )2
8. Obtain the half range Fourier cosine series for the function f ( x )=x (l−x) in 0 ≤ x ≤ l.
(Dec/Jan15)
9. Find the half range Fourier cosine series for the function f ( x )= {k (kxl−x∈0) ∈l/2<
≤ x ≤l/2
x≤l
,

Where k is a non-integer positive constant. (June/July 2008, Dec/Jan15)

10. Find the half range Fourier cosine series for the function f ( x )= ( x −l )2 in 0< x <l and
2
{
1 1 1
}
hence show that π =8 2 + 2 + 2 +… … … . (June/July2012)
1 3 5

{
π
x∈0< x <
2
11. Find the half range Fourier sine series for the function f ( x )=
π
π−x ∈ < x < π
2
(Dec12/Jan13, June/July 2006, Dec/Jan15, June/July2013)

{
1 l
−x∈0< x<
4 2
12. Find the half range Fourier sine series for the function f ( x )= .
3 l
x− ∈ < x <l
4 2
(June/July 2006)
13. Find the half range sine series of f ( x )=e x in(0 , 1). (Dec14/Jan15)
14. Find a 0 , a 1andb 1 in the Fourier expansion of y using the harmonic analysis from the
following table:

x 0 1 2 3 4 5
y 9 18 24 28 26 20
(Dec12/Jan13, June/July 2008, Dec/Jan15, June/July2012)
15. Find the constant term and the first two harmonics in the Fourier series for f (x) given
by the following table:

x 0 π /3 2 π /3 π 4 π /3 5 π /3 2π
f (x) 1.0 1.4 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.0
(Dec13/Jan14, May/June2010, June/July 2006)

16. In a machine the displacement y of a given point is given for a certain angle x as
follows:

x 0 3 60 90 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
y 7. 8 7. 5. 3.6 1.7 0.5 0.2 0.9 2.5 4.7 6.8
9 2 6
(Dec14/Jan15)

17. Obtain the constant term and coefficients of first cosine and sine terms in the
expansion of y from the following table:
 x 0 60
0
120
0
180
0
240
0
300
0
360
0

y 7.9 7.2 3.6 0.5 0.9 6.8 7.9

Module-2
Infinite Fourier Transform

{
f ( x )= 1−x for| x|≤ 1
2
1. Find the Fourier transform of and evaluate
0 for|x|>1
∞

∫ x cos x−sin
x
3
x x
cos dx .
2
(Dec2013, Dec2012)
0
2
2 2 −x
2. Find Fourier transformation of e−a x (−∞ < x <∞ ) hence show that e 2 is self
reciprocal. (June 2010)
3. Find Fourier cosine and sine transformation of f ( x )=
x 0< x <a
0x ≥a
. {
(Dec 2012, June 2006)
∞ ∞

{
2
sin t π
4. Solve integral equation ∫ f (x )cos sx dx= 1−s , 0< s<1 , hence deduce∫ 2 dt= .
0 0 , s ≥1 0 t 2
(Dec 14/Jan15)

{
∞
1−| x| for|x|≤ 1 2
sin t π
5. Find the Fourier transform of f ( x ) = , hence deduce that ∫ 2 dt=
0 for |x|>1 0 t 2
. (Dec 2012, June 2010, Dec 2015)
6. Find the Fourier cosine transform of e−ax and x e−ax, where a> 0deduce that
∞

∫ cos
2
x +a
mx
2
dx=
π −am
2a
e . (June2009, June2005)
0
−ax
e
7. Find the Fourier sine transform of . (Dec 2012)
x

{
4 x for 0< x<1
8. Find the Fourier cosine transform of f ( x )= 4−x for 1< x< 4 .
0 for x> 4
(June 2006, Dec 2012)

9. Find the Fourier transform of the function f ( x )=

1 for| x|≤ a
0 for|x|> a {
and hence evaluate
∞

∫ sinx
x
dx . (Dec2015)
0
∞
x sin mx
10. Find the Fourier sine transform of f ( x )=e−|x| and hence evaluate ∫ 2
dx , m> 0.
0 x +1
(June 2010, June 2007, Dec 2015)
11. Find the Fourier transform of the function f ( x )=x e−|x| . (June 2009, June 2013)
2
12. Find the inverse Fourier sine transform of e−s . (June 2013)
 Module-3
Z- Transform

1. Find the Z-transform of: i ¿sin h nθii ¿ cos h nθ ¿ iii ¿ n cos n θ iv ¿ n sin nθ .
(June 2009, June 2007, June 2006)
2. Find the Z-transform of i)k n n 2 ii) k n n3
3. Find the Z-transform of i ¿ k n cosn θ ii ¿ e−an sin nθ .
4. Find the Z-transforms of 𝑖)(n+1)2 𝑖𝑖) sin(3𝑛+5).
5. Using Z-transformation, solve the difference equation un +2+ 6 un+1 +9 u n=2n, u0 =0,
u1=0.
6. Using Z-transformation, solve the difference equation un +2+ 4 u n+1 +3 un=3 n, u0=0,
u1=1.
2
z −20 z
7. Find the Z-transform of .
( z−2)(z−3)(z−4)
2
2 z +3 z
8. Find the Z-transform of .
( z +2)(z−4 )

[ ]
1
1
9. Show that ZT =e z .
n!

10. Find the Z-transform of cos h ( nπ2 + θ).

2
z −20 z
Fin the inverse z-transform of
( Z−2)(Z −3)(z −4)

Module-4
Ordinary Differential Equations

1. Solve (D−2)2 y=8 ( e 2 x + x + x 2 ) by inverse differential operator method. (Jan.2017/

6Marks).
2. Solve ( D2−4 D+3 ¿ y=e x cos 2 x by inverse differential operator method.
(Jan.2017, June2017/ 5Marks).
3. Solve ( D2−1 ) y =x sin 3 x by inverse differential operator method. (Jan.2017/
6Marks).
4. Solve ( D3−6 D2+11 D−6 ) y =e 2 x by inverse differential operator method.
(Jan.2017/ MQP/5Marks).
5. Solve ( D2−4 ) y =cos h ( 2 x−1 ) +¿ 3 x ¿( June2017.June2016/ MQP/5Marks)
6. Solve ( D2−4 D+ 4 ¿ y=8 (e¿ ¿2 x +sin 2 x )¿ (June 2017/5Marks).
7. Solve ( D 4−m4 ) y =0. (Jane 2016/5Marks).
8. Solve( D2 +2 ) y=e x cos 2 x + x 2 e 3 x . (Jan.2015/5Marks)
9. Solve ( 4 D4 −4 D3 −23 D2+12 D+36 ) y =0. (June 2015/5Marks).
10. Solve ( D3 +6 D2 +11 D+6 ) y=e x +1.(June 2015/5Marks).
11. Solve ( 2 D2−2 D ) y=e x sinx .(June 2015/5Marks).
12. Solve ( 4 D4 −8 D3−7 D2 +11 D+6 ) y =0. (June 2015, June2016/5Marks).
13. Solve( D−2 )2 y=8 e2 x +sin 2 x . (June 2014/5Marks).
14. Solve ( D2 +3 D+2 ¿ y=1+3 x+ x 2by inverse differential operator method.
(une2016/ 5Marks).
15. (Dec 2017/5Marks).
2
2d y dy
16. Solve x 2 - 4x + 6y = cos[ 2 logx ]
dx dx
2
2d y dy
17. Solve x 2 - x + y = logx
dx dx
2
2d y dy
18. Solve x 2 - 3x + 4y = (1+x)2
dx dx
2
d y 2y 1
19. Solve x 2 - =x+ 2
dx x x
2
d y dy
20. Solve (1+x)2 2 + (1+x) + y = 2 sin[ log ( 1+ x ) ]
dx dx
2
d y dy
21. Solve (2x+3)2 2 + 5(2x+3) + y = 4x
dx dx

Module 5
Statistical methods, Curve Fitting
1. Find the best values of a , b , c if the equation y=a+bx +c x2 is to fit most closely to
the following observation.
x 1 2 3 4 5
y 10 12 13 16 19

2. Fit a linear law, P=mW + C , using the data

P 12 15 21 25
W 50 70 100 120

3. Fit the best values of a and b by fitting the law V =a t b using the method of least
squares for the data
V (ft /min) 350 400 500 600
t (inmins) 61 26 7 26

4. Fit a parabola y=a+bx +c x2 to the following data

x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y 4.6 2.11 0.67 0.09 0.63 2.15 4.58
 3
5. Fit a straight line of the form y=a+bx by the method of least squares:
x 1 2 3 4 5
y 10 12 13 16 19
6. Fit a straight line of the form y=ax+ bby the method of least squares:

x 12 15 21 25
y 50 70 100 120

7. Find the coefficient of correlation and equation of regression lines for the data

x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
y 9 8 10 12 11 13 14

8. Ten students got the following marks in mathematics and electronics in a class test:

Roll.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Marks in 78 36 98 25 75 82 90 62 65 39
Maths
Marks in 84 51 91 60 68 62 86 58 53 47
Electronics

9. Obtain the lines of regression and hence find the coefficient of correlation for the
data :

X 1 3 4 2 5 8 9 10 13 15
y 8 6 10 8 12 16 16 10 32 32

10. If 8x-10y+66=0 and 40x-18y=214 are the two regression lines find the mean of
x’s , mean of y’s and the coefficient of correlation. Find σ y if σ x =3 .
11. Find the rank correlation coefficient for the following data

X 68 64 75 50 65 80 76 40 55 66
y 62 58 68 45 81 60 69 48 50 70

12. Define Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation . If θ is the acute angle between the

lines of regression then show that tanθ=

σ x σ y 1−r 2
2
σx +σy
2
r [ ]
. Explain the significance

when r = 0 and r = ±1
13. Ten competitors in a beauty contest are ranked by two judges A and B in the
following order:

ID No. of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
competitors

Judge A 1 6 5 10 3 2 4 9 7 8
 Judge B 6 4 9 8 1 2 3 10 5 7

Calculate the rank correlation coefficient.

are available as 4𝑥 − 5𝑦 + 33 = 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 20𝑥 − 9𝑦 = 107. Calculate 𝑥̅𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦̅ and the

14. In a partially destroyed laboratory record, the lines of regression of y on x and x on y

coefficient of correlation between x and y

15. With usual notation, compute means x, y and correlation coefficient r from the
following lines of regression: 2x  3y 1  0 and x  6y  4  0.
16. Fit a parabola y=c+ bx+ a x2 to the following data
x 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4
y 1.1 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.7 3.4 4.1
17. The following table gives the heights of fathers(x) and sons (y):

x 65 66 67 67 68 69 70 72
y 67 68 65 68 72 72 69 71
Find the lines of regression and Calculate the coefficient of correlation.

18. With usual notation, compute 𝑥̅, 𝑦̅ and coefficient of correlation r from the following
lines of regression: y  0.516 x  33.73 and x  0.512 y  32.52.
19. The following are the percentage of marks in Mathematics(x) and Statistics (y) of
nine students. Calculate the rank correlation coefficient.

X 38 50 42 61 43 55 67 46 72
y 41 64 70 75 44 55 62 56 60

20. Fit a second-degree parabola y=a+bx +c x2 for the data and hence estimate y at x =
6.

x 1 2 3 4 5
y 10 12 13 16 19
21. Fit a straight line in the least square sense for the following data

x 50 70 100 120
y 12 15 21 25
22. Calculate the coefficient of correlation and obtain the lines of regression for the
following data:

x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
y 9 8 10 12 11 13 14 16 15
23. Fit a curve b y  axb for the following data.
 x 1 2 3 4 5
y 0.5 2 4 8 12.5