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This document is a task sheet for a physics course focusing on mathematical methods related to electricity and magnetism. It includes various problems covering elementary and trigonometric functions, vector calculus, roots of functions, derivatives, extrema, integral calculus, coordinate systems, and geometric shapes. Each problem requires mathematical calculations, sketches, and explanations to demonstrate understanding of the concepts.

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University of Klagenfurt

Mobile Systems Group


Prof. Christian Bettstetter
Udo Schilcher

Physics for Engineers: Electricity and Magnetism


Task Sheet 0 – Mathematical Methods

Problem 1. (Elementary functions)


The following functions are given:
1 1
g1 (x) = (x + 2)2 − 3, g2 (x) = − , g3 (x) = (x − 2) 2 , g4 (x) = e−3x , g5 (x) = ln(x − 1)
4x2
Sketch the functions and give the definition and range of the functions.
Problem 2. (Trigonometric functions)
For which a, b, c does f (x) = a cos(bx) + c have a period of 3, amplitude of 5, and f (0) = 4?
Sketch the function.
Problem 3. (Vector calculus 1)
Given are the following vectors:
      

1.5 −4.3 0.6 1.5
x1 = 2.7 x3 =  1.1  x5 =  1.9  x7 = 2.3
0.8 2.4 tan π4 1.7
      
5.7 1.4 4.0 0.6
x2 = −9.2 x4 = sin 2π
3
 x6 = 7.2 x8 =  0.2 
5.2 3.6 3.3 −0.8
Perform the following calculations:
x1 + x2 = ? x3 + x4 = ? x5 + x6 = ? x7 + x8 = ?
0.6 x1 − 1.1 x2 = ? x3 − x4 = ? −0.2 x5 − 2.0 x6 = ? 1.4 x7 − 1.1 x8 = ?
√
x1 · x2 = ? 0.5 x3 · x4 = ? x5 · (1.2 x6 ) = ? ( 5 x7 ) · ( 13
7 x8 ) = ?
x1 × x2 = ? (x1 − x3 ) × x4 = ? (x2 + x5 ) × (x7 − x6 ) = ? x7 × (x6 × x8 ) = ?
|x1 | = ? |x3 − x4 | = ? |0.5 x5 | − |x5 | = ? |x1 × (x3 − x4 )| = ?

Problem 4. (Vector calculus 2)

(a) (Area of parallelograms) Revise a parallelogram with the following corner points:
       
1 3 −2 0
p1 = −2 , p2 =  2  , p3 =  4  , p4 =  8  .
0 −2 1 −1
Sketch the parallelogram, calculate the area, and show that it is equal to
|(p1 − p2 ) × (p3 − p1 )|.

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(b) (Enclosed angle) Calculate the cross product of two vectors w = u × v, with u, v ∈
R3 \0 und u · v ̸= 0 and determine the angles between w and the other two vectors.
What have you shown with this?
(c) (Intersecting lines) There are three straight lines given:
           
2 1 −4 0 −4 6
g1 (a) = a + , g2 (a) = a + , g3 (a) = a + .
−1 3 −4 2 2 −1

Calculate the pairwise intersection points of the lines.


(d) (Intersecting planes) There are two planes given:
            
1 1  x x 0 2 
3  
e1 (a, b) = a −1 + b 3 , E2 =
     y ∈R
 y − 2
  · 2 =0 .
 
0 −1 z z −2 1
 

Calculate the set of all intersection points of the two planes.

Problem 5. (Roots of functions)


Solve the following linear, quadratic and other special functions.

(a) (Spring forces) Two forces act on an object, FA = kA (x − 2) and FB = kB (x + 5).


Where is the object in equilibrium? Assume that kA and kB are positive.
(b) A particle with charge q = 1.602 × 10−19 C and mass m = 9.1 × 10−31 kg in a homo-
geneous electric field of strength E = 1 V m−1 experiences a constant force FC = q · E
along the x-axis. It starts at time t = 0 s at the origin x = 0 m at rest (v0 = 0 m s−1 ).
Using the classical motion equations F = m·a, v = a·t+v0 and x = 21 ·a·t2 , determine
the time and velocity when the particle passes the location x = 4 m.1

Problem 6. (Derivatives)
Give the derivative of the following functions.

(a) f (x) = 2x3 + 3x + exp(−0.3x) (b) g(x) = 3 (1 − x)−3 + ln x + 2x

Problem 7. (Extrema)
Calculate all extrema of the following functions and determine for each of them whether it
is a minimum, a maximum, or a saddle point.

4 2
(a) V (x) = + −2<x<3
|x + 2| |x − 3|
r
(b) p(r) = u0
(r + r0 )2

Hint: The bounds for x in (a) are very important!

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All sizes are given in SI units. This means that all results are also in SI units.

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Problem 8. (Integral calculus)
Evaluate the following definite or indefinite integrals.
Z Z
4 1
(a) 1 + x + 2 dx (b) sin2 (x) + cos(x) dx
x
Z Z2π Zπ
1
(c) √ dx (d) dϕ r2 sin θ dθ
x+1
0 0

Problem 9. (Coordinate systems)

(a) Define the spherical and cylindrical coordinate systems and explain how they differ
from the three dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. Sketch them for comparison.
(b) Consider a point located at (3, 4, 5) in Cartesian coordinates. Convert the point to
spherical coordinates (r, θ, φ).
(c) Consider a point located at (2, π3 , π4 ) in spherical coordinates. Convert the point to
Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z).
(d) Consider a point located at (4, 5, 2) in Cartesian coordinates. Convert the point to
cylindrical coordinates (r, θ, z).
(e) Determine the cylinder volume with height 6 and radius 3 in cylindrical coordinates
using integrals.

Problem 10. (Sphere and cylinder)


Derive the volume V of a sphere with radius r and a cylinder with radius ρ and height z
using integrals (Note: choose appropriate coordinate systems!).

Have Fun!

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